Displaced Ukrainians have been successfully finding employment in the EU after fleeing Russia’s invasion of their homeland in February 2022, a new study has found. An analysis by the Migration Policy Institute Europe found many working-age Ukrainians have managed to…

New figures show the UK’s net migration reached a record 606,000 in 2022 despite Brexit and a decade of successive Conservative government pledging to reduce migration The figures, from Britain’s Office for National Statistics (ONS), showed more people from outside…

Title 42, the Trump-era border control measure brought in during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been lifted by the US Government but confusion still characterises US asylum arrangements. The end of Title 42 saw a rush of asylum seekers and migrants…

The humanitarian crisis sparked by the civil war in Sudan is growing as neighbouring countries struggle to support refugees fleeing the violence. The United Nations says thousands of Sudanese are crossing borders into countries already in the grip of drought,…

New York’s iconic Roosevelt Hotel in downtown Manhattan has re-opened as a ‘new arrivals centre’ for asylum seekers. The move comes as city authorities admit they are struggling to find space for asylum seekers. The historic hotel has been home…

Australia saw a net gain of 170,900 people through overseas migration in 2021-22, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The data shows migrant arrivals increased 171 per cent to 395,000 from 146,000 arrivals in the…

The United Nation’s High Commissioner of Refugees Filippo Grandi has called for more international protection for LGBTIQ+ individuals fleeing violence and persecution and seeking asylum. Speaking on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, Mr Grandi said there are…

People seeking asylum in the UK face a struggle to access the internet and are at risk of being digitally excluded, a new report from the British Red Cross says. The report focuses on access to healthcare, which is increasingly…

Asian Americans see themselves as part of many diverse communities within the Asian diaspora in the US, new research has found. And most people of Asian descent living in the US use ethnic labels that reflect their heritage and family…

Former White House advisor Amy Pope is the new Director General of the International Organisation for Migration, the UN’s international migration agency. Ms Pope, 49, defeated the incumbent Director General Antonio Vitorino, of Portugal, in a vote by member nations,…

Victoria’s 2023 state budget is largely aimed at paying down debt incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic with a raft of new temporary taxes while maintaining services critical to the most disadvantaged Victorians. The state government’s ‘COVD debt levy’ targets people…

Migrant artists feature prominently in a new exhibition that celebrates 150 years of the Victorian Artist’s Society. Among the founders of the society were migrants Louis Buvelot and Hubert de Castella. Swiss-born Buvelot arrived in Melbourne in February 1865 and…