Ukrainian communities across Australia are rallying to support the people of their homeland as Russia ramps up a brutal military invasion of the beleaguered nation. Fund raising events are being planned across the country to raise money for a humanitarian…

The Victorian Government is expanding a program for asylum seekers and refugees that provides new arrivals with access free and subsidised skills and training. The new program means people who have been forced to flee their home due to war,…

Dozens of asylum seekers were subjected to human rights abuses including torture, rape and imprisonment after being deported from the US by the administration of former US President Donald Trump, according to a new report. The report, by New York-based…

Europe could be plunged into a massive refugee crisis with millions of Ukrainians made homeless if Russia invades the former eastern-bloc nation, western nations have warned. In the US, the Biden administration has said that a large-scale Russian invasion could…

As the possibility of war looms over Ukraine with Russian forces gathered on its border, the nation is already suffering a dire humanitarian crisis. And a new United Nations report says any attack by Russia will severely worsen the situation.…

Professionally qualified refugees in the US find it harder to get work the longer they have lived in the country, a new study has found. The employment trend research by Cornell University found that despite receiving lawful permanent resident status,…

Health authorities and governments could close COVID-19 vaccination gaps by breaking down language barriers and giving migrants easier access to information particularly through social media, according to a new study. The report published by the International Organization for Migration (IOM)…

Recently arrived Afghan refugees being resettled in Melbourne now have the opportunity to meet people from the broader community and learn some practical skills thanks to a warm welcome from a local Men’s Shed. The Afghans, who are living in…

A new support group based in Melbourne’s north is helping newly arrived migrant and refugee women navigate their new lives in Australia. The not-for-profit organisation ‘Zanobia’ is supporting women, particularly from Arabic-speaking backgrounds establish new lives in a new society.…

Essex Diocena is used the navigating troubled waters. The Filipino migrant went from being the captain of a merchant ship sailing the Pacific to a key position in aged care helping his clients stay safe through successive waves of COVID-19.…

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the rise of the omicron variant has drawn attention away from a plethora of humanitarian crises across the globe. And while we see media reports about crises in places like Afghanistan and Ethiopia, there is…

Newly arrived Afghan refugees are learning how to be safe around water as they begin their new lives in Australia. Refugee and migrant settlement agency AMES Australia in partnership with Life Saving Victoria and the Melbourne City Baths are running…