More than a quarter of Nobel Prize for Physics winners are refugees or migrants, according to a survey by PhysicsWorld magazine. The magazine, which reports on the science of Physics, looked at the backgrounds of the Physics Nobel laureates. It…

Kenya has introduced a new law that will give a half-million refugees in the country an opportunity to work for a living, instead of depending on the aid agencies that have supported them for three decades. The law, signed by…

Progress has been made in implementing the new Global Compact on Refugees which seeks to share responsibility for refugee situation but there is more work to be done. That’s the verdict of the first Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) Indicator…

Hungary’s new laws criminalising support for asylum seekers and limiting the right to asylum violates EU law, according to the European Court of Justice. The ruling has rejected Hungary’s plan to criminally prosecute those who help asylum seekers. The court…

Diversity and inclusiveness are increasingly being recognised as business imperatives, according to an Asian lawyers group.  The Asian Australian Lawyers Association (AALA) says that diversity and inclusion should be “embedded” in organisational strategies. AALA members Dominic Nguyen and Kingsley Liu say…

Dozens of reports have emerged of the shocking and systematic abuse of asylum seekers by US border agencies. NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has obtained 160 internal reports with records on physical, sexual, and verbal abuse, as well as discriminatory…

A war of competing narratives has broken out in Britain over asylum seekers arriving by boat across the English Channel. UK Conservative Government Home Secretary Priti Patel has claimed that 70 per cent of the arrivals are “economic refugees”. Meanwhile,…

Disadvantaged young people from diverse communities across Melbourne will be supported into fulfilling and sustainable careers under an innovative new program being delivered by refugee and migrant settlement agency AMES Australia. In partnership with the Centre for Multicultural Youth, the…

Refugees in Victoria will have access to free legal assistance through new Victorian Government funding worth almost $1 million. The funding is aimed at helping families affected by the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan. Recently, more than 2000 Afghan refugees have…

The number of displaced people around the world increased to more than 84 million in the first half of this year, according to a new UN report. The UN refugee agency UNHCR says the rise in people forced to abandon…

Opinion piece – Barat Ali Batoor After a generation-long war in Afghanistan Australia made promises to the people of the country it did not keep, it now not only has the opportunity but the responsibility to act on those promises. …