The Australian Human Rights Commission has called the Australian Government to consider expanding Australia’s refugee resettlement program with a specific Afghan intake. The Australia Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has expressed “serious concerns” about human rights in Afghanistan and the effect…

Migrant crossing of the English Channel are on the rise and may surge even further following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. French maritime authorities say there have been 556 ‘operations’ involving 12,148 migrants attempting to cross or crossing the Channel…

Rising UK tennis star Emma Raducanu’s surprise win in the US Open singles final has sparked a fresh conversation around multiculturalism in Britain. Ms Raducanu was born in Toronto to a Chinese mother and a Romanian father. She moved to…

Nations that oppress women and girls are far more likely to be violent and unstable, according to an analysis by The Economist magazine. All of the 20 most fragile states in the world practice polygamy, including Guinea, where a coup…

A pair of UK cyclists have completed what is the world’s largest GPS artwork, riding more than 2000 kilometres to sketch out the message ‘Refugees Welcome’ across the south of England. Georgie Cottle and David Charles set out on the…

As Angela Merkel steps down as German chancellor after 16 years much will be said and written about her legacy. For progressives and those in the humanitarian sector she will be remembered for her refusal in 2015 to close Germany’s…

Syrians returning home after seeking refuge in neighbouring countries have suffered detention, disappearance and torture, including sexual violence, according to a new report from Amnesty International. The report, titled “You’re going to your death”, documented a catalogue of horrific violations…

Repressive authoritarian regimes are increasingly resorting to trans-national kidnappings and killings to preserve their power and suppress opposition and criticism at home, according to a new report. Human Rights group Freedom House have released a report that has catalogued 608…

A photographer from Myanmar, whose name has not been revealed to protect his safety, has won a major international photojournalism award for his coverage of his troubled nation’s pro-democracy protests and bloody military crackdown. The photographer won the prestigious Visa…

Denmark’s former immigration minister lnger Stojeberg is being impeached over her allegedly racist and xenophobic policies while in office. During Stojeberg’s term as Minister for Immigration, Integration and Housing from 2015 to 2019, she imposed more than a hundred new…

On her epic refugee journey Iraqi woman Wafaa Razooqi has twice beaten cancer, endured the death of her husband and survived the invasion of her home town by extremist ISIS fighters. Wafaa and her family made a difficult and dangerous…