Mustafa Ayobi arrived as a refugee from Afghanistan as an 18-year old with no English, little formal education and knowing no one outside his immediate family. This month, after 12 long and difficult years of work and study, Mustafa fulfilled…

New laws that will protect migrant and refugee workers from exploitation and abuse are being drafted by the federal government. The ‘Exposure Draft Migration Amendment (Protecting Migrant Workers) Bill 2021’ will see increased penalties and bans on employers if they are found to have…

The US Government has issued a manifesto for what it calls a “fair, orderly and human immigration system” as the issue continues to polarise American conservatives and progressives. ‘The Biden Administration Blueprint for a Fair, Orderly and Humane Immigration System’…

Refugee medico reclaims his career Iraqi refugee doctor and former AMES client Dr Asseel Yako has realised a four year dream of being able to resume his career as a specialist physician in Australia after fleeing the conflict in his…

This week ay marks the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, an important international agreement that established the rights of people forced to flee. The Convention was a crucial component of international human rights law and remains as relevant now…

A new report has condemned the “horrific violations” being committed against migrants returned to Libya with the cooperation of European states after trying to cross the Mediterranean. The report by human rights NGO Amnesty International says that new evidence had…

Climate change is dramatically impacting people’s lives across the globe but when natural disasters or droughts force them to leave their countries, they often find closed borders and no assistance. It is clear climate migrants don’t fit into the widely…

A group of leading NGOs and refugee organisations have called on the EU and European nations to end the deportation of asylum seekers back to Afghanistan as the security situation in the strife-torn nation worsens as the Taliban reassert power…

Health officials should be collecting data about the ethnicity of people being tested for COVID-19 to help get on top of outbreaks, according to a leading sociologist. UTS Professor of Sociology Andrew Jakubowicz says that the current outbreak in Sydney…

The UK is set to introduce draconian new asylum laws that would see asylum seekers sent to camps in Rwanda while their claims are processed and the criminalisation of people entering Britain by boat across the English Channel. The so…

The United Nations has warned of worsening famine and the potential for further conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region after the Tigray People’s Liberation Front regained the capital Mekelle and claimed victory following an eight-month war with government forces. Aid groups…

A group of Republican controlled US states are sending police and national guardsmen to the US-Mexico border sparking criticism from the leaders of migrant communities. The governors of Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Nebraska, Ohio and South Dakota have all committed to…