China’s arbitrary detention of Uyghur Muslims and other ethnic minority groups in the western region of Xinjiang may amount to “crimes against humanity”, outgoing UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet has said in a new report. The damning report, was…

The inspirational, heart-wrenching and hair-raising stories of refugees who have found safety and new a life in Australia are told in compelling, first-hand detail in a new book. Refugee Heroes: has collected the visceral accounts of dozens of refugees who…

Six months ago this week Russia invaded Ukraine sparking a war of attrition along a thousand-kilometre front line of death and devastation. The destruction and loss of life has resulted in the largest humanitarian crisis in Europe since the Second…

A new refugee peak body is seeking to give communities a direct voice on issues that affect them. The Refugee Communities Association of Australia (RCAA) was formed in 2019 but has been rebooted as Australia comes out of the pandemic.…

Aid agencies across the globe have identified a number of worrying systemic and intersectional trends that are exacerbating existing humanitarian crises and impacting the lives of millions. The issues are separate from the geographical crises but impact of them and…

Migrants are continuing to lose out when it comes to employment, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Despite record low unemployment rates in Australia over the past few months, migrants are among some groups still…

Five years ago this month Myanmar’s military launched a violent crackdown that sparked the exodus of as many as 800,000 Rohingya refugees i006Eto neighbouring Bangladesh. Today, as many as one million mostly Muslim Rohingya still live in cramped, under-resourced refugee…

Former Syrian refugee Norma Medawar recently returned to her homeland for the first time since she left amid a devastating civil war in 2014 My first visit home to Syria since I left eight years ago in the middle of…

Ron Barassi Reserve is a small community ground in Melbourne’s Docklands. Flanked by the Bolte Bridge and North Wharf, it is the unlikely home ground of the Afghan national women’s soccer team. Since fleeing the fleeing the Taliban’s takeover in…

A year after the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban regime, despite promises to the contrary, human rights and women’s rights have been wound back and the country has been plunged into a humanitarian crisis. The Taliban has imposed severe…

A new report from the Washington-based think tank the Migration Policy Institute paints an arresting picture of burgeoning global mobility and rising migration in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report, which harvested migration data from international agencies such…

Refugees and asylum seekers in the UK are at risk of exploitation and modern slavery because of a lack of adequate safeguards, according to a new report. The report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the…