Numbers of child refugees seeking asylum in Europe are soaring, according to new figures. The number of unaccompanied children seeking safety in the European Union in 2021 jumped by 72 per cent as the number of refugees arriving from Ukraine…

More than 3,000 refugees, asylum seekers and migrants died or went missing during 2021 while trying to reach European countries on voyages via the Mediterranean and Atlantic sea routes, new data reveals. The shocking figures are revealed in a new…

A $US400 million law suit has been filed in the US in a bid to free Paul Rusesabagina, the real life hero portrayed in the film Hotel Rwanda, who was effectively abducted and jailed by the Rwandan government. Mr Rusesabagina…

The COVID pandemic brought migration to Australia to an effective standstill and was the cause of half a million temporary migrants deserting the country and creating a worker shortage, according to new research. A report from the Grattan Institute shows…

Turkey has said it will send a million Syrian refugees back to their war-ravaged homeland, as their presence emerges as a political issue in the upcoming national elections. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to return the Syrians as…

The Victorian state budget has unleashed a significant raft of spending aimed at generating the economic growth needed to restore the state’s post pandemic finances. The budget includes a massive $12 billion spend on healthcare, 1.8 billion for education and…

There are similarities but also key points of difference between the Coalition and Labor policies on migration and the humanitarian sector in the lead up to the 2022 federal election. With the 2022 poll just weeks away, we take a…

Two Ukrainian sisters have found refuge in Australia after braving bombs and snipers in a desperate journey to safety. Yevheniia Cherkasova, 24, and her sister Alexandra, 14, fled besieged Kharkiv as Russian tanks attempted to encircle the city. After surviving…

Anastasiia Kozinaz fled Ukraine’s killing fields for the sake of her two boys, leaving behind her husband, her family and everything she had known. Anastasia’s house was just a kilometre from Bucha and Irpin, the places just outside Kyiv where…

Afghan refugee Amin Niazai had a dream to turn the deserts of his country green, creating food sources, jobs and sustainable ecosystems. Amin, who has a doctorate in Forestry and Biomaterials, developed the plan to transform landscapes ravaged by years…

Australia’s overseas born population has shrunk for the first time in decades because of the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows. The latest population statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that in 2021, 29.1 per cent of Australia’s population…

With much of the global media’s attention focused on the conflict in Ukraine, there is a danger that other humanitarian crises across the world are forgotten. And ironically, the economic impacts of the Russian invasion are exacerbating an unprecedented number…