Almost 20 million people – or about half of Afghanistan’s population – are now suffering ‘emergency’ levels of food insecurity, according to the World Food Program (WFP). More than a million children under 5, who are especially at risk of…

Europe’s refugee crisis looks set to be weaponised by Italy’s far-right as the nation’s election looms. Just days after the downfall of Italy’s last government, Matteo Salvini, leader of the far-right League party, began targeting refugees. First up were a…

Aspiring international students have lodged a record number of visas applications in June, in what is a boost to universities and education providers looking for a post-COVID growth in business. A Home Affairs Department update shows around 42,700 student visa…

Almost 13,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel since the UK announced plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda to have their applications processed, new data reveals. Figures from the UK’s Ministry of Defence shows the total number of people…

Over six years, more than 400 refugee and asylum seekers have been supported to start businesses by Micro-finance provider Thrive to the tune of $5.5 million, the organisation’s annual report reveals. The report shows Thrive is continuing to support refugees…

Bangladesh has asked China to help repatriate Rohingya refugees to Myanmar, in a worrying move for almost a million displaced Rohingya.   The deal stems from a visit by China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who as promised better trade ties, investment and…

One of the world’s leading scholars on refugee issues, Professor Stephen Castles, has passed away. The former Director of Oxford University’s ground breaking Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) died in Australia, aged 77. Prof Castles was Director of the RSC from…

They say sport is a reflection of a society’s collective ambition and a measure of its social equity. And for a group of freshly arrived Afghan refugees, a visit to an AFL match was a first glimpse of Australian culture…

A Ukrainian family who fled the war in their homeland have found sanctuary and the chance of a new life in Wodonga thanks to the generosity of a local businessman. Denys Fuhol and wife and three kids have taken up…

Stella Liptak has spent four months on the Ukraine-Hungary border volunteering to support desperate and vulnerable refugees fleeing Russia’s brutal invasion of their homeland. The Australian humanitarian support worker, who had previously worked with asylum seekers on Nauru and Manus…

Balendran Thavarajah arrived in Australia in 2000 penniless and unable to speak English. Twenty-two years on, he is a successful tech entrepreneur who has founded multiple companies employing dozens of many people. ‘Bala’ grew up on Sri Lanka’s Jaffna Peninsula…

Seven years after the war in Yemen began, it is set to be declared by the UN as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. A UN team is currently assessing the dire situation in the war-ravaged nation with a view to…