Australia’s foreign aid program has been criticised by the Organisation for Economic Development (OECD) after a series of cuts to the program’s budget. The OECD’s latest Development Assistance Committee Peer Review of Australia identified both good and bad aspects of…

Japanese companies struggling to find workers are now actively hiring refugees. Dairyu, a Tokyo company that makes items out of plastic foam, has been recruiting at refugee job fairs. “We want to hire refugees because there are not enough workers…

Refugees in Australia are missing out on appropriate healthcare because of fragmented services and poor continuity of care, according to a raft of new research. A series of research papers published in the online journal ‘Public Health Research & Practice’…

Human rights are in freefall worldwide with the rise of dictatorial leadership across the globe, according to Amnesty International’s latest annual report. The human rights group’s 2017-18 annual report says that world leaders are “undermining the rights of millions,” either…

A fossil discovered in Israel could date human migration out of Africa to 190,000 years ago, 70,000 years earlier than previously thought. The find, the oldest of a modern human outside Africa’ is evidence that humans first migrated out of…

The man nominated by President Trump to become the new head of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has a history of anti-Islamic statements and of denying the relevance of climate change to migration trends. The head of the IOM,…

South Sudanese children being bullied in the schoolyard are the forgotten victims of the so-called African youth crime wave, according to a new social media campaign. A short video launched last month is aimed at reminding outer-Melbourne residents that negative…

The family of a Cambodian political activist murdered in suspicious circumstances has arrived in Australia after being granted refugee status. The wife and children of Kem Ley have found a permanent refuge more than a year after fleeing home in…

The two recently forged global compacts on migration and refugees are a new best hope for a solution to the global refugee crisis, a conference on refugees heard this week. The Refugee Alternatives Conference, held at Melbourne University, heard that…

As almost the only black man walking the streets of the South Korean capital Seoul, Congolese refugee Yiombi Thona saw first-hand race-based prejudice, fear and scorn. But with courage, hard work, perseverance and a liberal dose of his idiosyncratic humour,…

Israel’s plan to deport almost 38,000 mostly African asylum seekers is causing bitter and visceral divisions across the nation. According to official Israeli figures and statements, more than 34,000 mostly Sudanese and Eritreans have entered Israel illegally seeking asylum. Out…

Until war came to their country Hassan and Shaza Matni had perfect lives. Living in the centre of the beautiful and ancient city of Homs, the couple had successful careers – Hassan as an engineer and Shaza as an architect.…