On the day after the Taliban swept into Kabul and cemented its control, international aid agencies were looking at how to restart their work in a country already locked in multiple humanitarian crises. Humanitarian agencies say they have a mandate…

The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report highlighted the looming crisis of climate driven migration as experts increasingly predict mass, permanent migrations caused by climate change in the coming decades. The report has brought together the world’s latest science…

Asylum seekers faced considerable financial hardship and high levels of homelessness during the first twelve months of the pandemic, according to new research. They were more likely than the general population to struggle to pay rent and bills, to find…

A raft of new reports has exposed the extent of homelessness among diverse communities. The last ABS Census estimate that 15 per cent of the homeless population are migrants who arrived in the past five years, more than three times…

Refugees are slipping down the queues to get COVID-19 vaccines in many countries, according to new data from the UN refugee agency UNHCR. For months the World Health Organization (WHO) has been urging countries to vaccinate refugees and have identified…

Increasing numbers of Chinese are fleeing their homeland and seeking asylum overseas, according to new data from the UN’s refugee agency UNHCR. Between 2012 and 2020, the annual number of asylum-seekers from China rose from 15,362 to 107,864, the data…

Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya is the latest athlete to seek asylum and protection while competing at an Olympics. The runner refused to return to Belarus from the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and has sought diplomatic protection Ms Tsimanouskaya dodged an attempt…

An influential parliamentary committee has recommended the federal government overhaul the skilled migration program to give temporary workers and some international students clearer pathways to permanent residency in Australia. Parliament’s Liberal Party-dominated Joint Standing Committee on Migration has said that…

After 11 years of war, upheaval and displacement, Syrians are facing the worst humanitarian conditions since the start of the crisis, with food shortages and rising prices for fuel and basic necessities. A new report from the World Food Program…

Maryam Daryos’ poems are a poignant rendering of the profound and contradictory senses of loss and hope that are at the heart of the refugee experience. Her work is even more poignant in that it was published as the prize-winning…

A Syrian swimmer who dived into the water to help steer a broken down refugee boat and runner who escaped conflict by crossing a dessert on foot. These two unassuming athletes – Yusra Mardini and Tachlowini Gabriyesos – were the…