A fascinating picture of ancient migration into Europe that has emerged from new research is raising moral and ethical questions over the Euro bloc’s increasingly draconian asylum and migration policies. Genetic sequencing of human remains dating back 45,000 years has…

US President Joe Biden has reversed a decision to limit the number of refugee the US accepts to 15,000 after a storm of protest from refugee advocates and church groups. President Biden said he would allow as many as 62,500…

The UK and India have signed a new migration agreement to allow freer movement of young people between the two countries as well as measures to tackle illegal immigration. “The historic agreement delivers on the UK government’s fair but firm…

The federal government has promised multicultural communities will be included in future policy decisions around the response to, and the recovery from, COVID-19. In an online forum with more than 100 leaders from diverse communities, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and…

Afghan minority communities in Australia fear a bloodbath when US-led coalition troops pull out of Afghanistan after almost two decades of fighting a deadly war against a fanatical insurgency. They say the Taliban is likely to brutally seize control of…

The poignantly piercing image of a young Rohingya girl that has gone viral on social media and the internet is becoming a symbol of the increasingly desperate plight of refugees across the globe. As the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates the dire…

As the US and its allies, including Australia, prepare to exit Afghanistan after two decades, many are worried the Taliban will seize power. We ask: Who are the Taliban? The hard-line Islamic Taliban movement has proved to be a formidable…

A refugee artist whose passion for his work was almost extinguished by decades of war is rekindling his lifetime love affair with art after settling in Melbourne Iraqi refugee Zuhair Hanna and his family were forced to flee their home…

Leading contemporary artist and former Bosnian refugee Saidin Salkic has had his work recognised in a permanent exhibition to be installed at Australia’s consulate in Sarajevo. Mr Salkic, also known as ‘Mido’, is a prolific and unique Australian contemporary artist…

A world in disarray with millions suffering from disasters exacerbated by the climate crisis, violations of the right to life, health and social protection as well as rising gender based violence and the repression of dissent. This is the bleak…

A new book released this month serves as an indictment of how the global migration system – tangled up bureaucratic inefficiencies and hamstrung by recent populist and nationalist politicking – is consigning millions of refugees to a near permanent state…

The displacement of people as a result of the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has now officially tipped over the one million mark but is likely to be much higher, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).…