The Afghan women’s soccer team should currently be competing in Asian Cup qualifiers taking on other national teams from Central Asia and the Middle East. Instead, they have fled their country and sought safety across the world as part of…

Claims that the Taliban has reformed itself, abandoning brutal punishment practices while becoming inclusive of women and minority groups, have been dispelled by recent events in the provincial city of Herat. On September 23, Taliban forces hanged the bullet-ridden bodies…

Remittances from Afghans working abroad have become a lifeline for many people in the beleaguered nation which faces twin financial and humanitarian crises. But along with much of live in Afghanistan, there is now uncertainty around this vital flow of…

Thousands of Afghan refugees living in limbo in Indonesia face an even more precarious future after the Taliban’s rise to power in their homeland. Most of the 13,000 refugees in Indonesia are ethnic Hazara refugees have fled persecution and violence…

A new film by Hazara photojournalist, filmmaker and former refugee Barat Ali Batoor, that chronicles an asylum seeker boat journey, has been nominated for a prestigious Walkley Award. The film ‘Batoor: A Refugee Journey’  tells the story of Batoor’s own…

Climate change bringing rising sea levels, water scarcity and declining crop productivity could force 216 million people to migrate within their own countries by 2050, according to a new report from the World Bank. The report says without immediate action…

Vaccination rates have stalled in Africa, just as countries face a deadly fourth wave of COVID-19 driven by the virulent Delta variant, reports say. So far, less than four per cent of Africans have been fully vaccinated, according to the…

Governments across the globe should urgently improve support for tens of thousands of migrant families who are desperately trying to find out what has happened to loved ones missing during migration journeys, a new report says. The International Organisation for…

The UK is increasingly privatising its immigration and border arrangements drawing criticism from migrant and refugee advocates that corporate players are profiting at the expense of human rights. Travel agents, airlines, IT, surveillance and service companies are among dozens contracted…

The US and Canada have announced significant increases in their refugee intakes this year following the Taliban taking control of Afghanistan and a looming humanitarian crisis. The moves will put pressure on other western nations, including Australia, to follow suit.…

A group of former US Presidents have come together in an unprecedented bipartisan move to support Afghan refugees resettling in America. Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama — along with former first-ladies Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush…

Afghanistan is facing financial collapse and a resultant humanitarian crisis following the Taliban takeover on August 15, international aid agencies say. In the period between the fall of the previous government and the installation of the Taliban’s administration, state employees…