A plan by the Governor of Texas to embarrass President Biden by bussing migrants from the US’ southwest border to Washington has backfired. Governor Greg Abbott devised a plan earlier this year to rattle the Biden administration over its more…

The UN’s refugee agency UNHCR says it expects more than eight million people to flee Ukraine this year, more than double the agency’s earlier estimate as the conflict drives Europe’s worst refugee crisis since WWII. More than 12.7 million people…

Australia’s Catholic bishops have called on the federal government to provide humanitarian visas for an extra 20,000 refugees from Afghanistan. As part of a statement ahead of the federal election, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference said the country had a…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is creating a food crisis that could amount to a human catastrophe, according to the President of the World Bank, David Malpass. Mr Malpass, the head of the institution which exists to alleviate global poverty, said…

The Chinese community in Australia is feeling less comfortable as the relationship between the two countries becomes more fraught, according to new research from the Lowy Institute. The latest of the institute’s annual ‘Being Chinese in Australia’ surveys analysed Chinese-Australian…

A new study of the Earth’s climate over the past two million years suggests climate has always influenced human migration. And the research, published in the journal Nature, suggests it also may have contributed to the emergence of the modern-day…

Ethiopia has launched a national dialogue process aimed at stopping the devastating civil war and bridging the country’s ethnic and political fault lines that have created an 18 month conflict. A commission established in December has been tasked with overseeing…

Increasing numbers of people, including a growing number of Venezuelans, are attempting dangerous crossings through the jungles of Central America’s infamous Darien Gap in search of safety, according to a new report. The report, by the UN agencies UNHCR and…

As many as 70 per cent of women and children forced from their countries as refugees experience sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), according to new international research. The study, involving the University of Melbourne, found many of the women and…

New scientific research has identified an enigmatic race of warrior horsemen as the world’s first long-distance migrants. A research team of geneticists, archaeologists and historians from universities around the world have identified the Avars, mysterious horse-riding warriors who helped hasten…

The United Kingdom’s Conservative government’s is set to unveil a plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reported to be ready to announce the measure to ‘offshore’ applicants to Rwanda over rising…

Hundreds of Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion of their homeland have arrived at Mexico’s northern border seeking asylum in the US. Local authorities says there are 1500 Ukrainians in the border city of Tijuana. The US Department of Homeland Security…