The media is playing an increasingly influential and partisan role in how national debates about migration are framed across the western world, a new study suggests. A study by Oxford University’s Migration Observatory examined the way the UK media has…

In September 2016, students from AMES Australia travelled to the Charnwood Camp in the Strathbogie Ranges. Compiled by Peter McMillan.

The first ever index measuring the quality of national migration programs has been published by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). Still in its pilot phase, the Migration Governance Index (MGI), developed by the IOM and The Economist Intelligence Unit,…

Almost 70,000 Syrian refugees are trapped in no-man’s land on the Jordan-Syria border on a demilitarised zone a just few kilometres wide. Blocked from entering Jordan, the Syrians are camped out in remote, wind-swept conditions near a border crossing known…

Refugee families are being separated and finding it difficult to reunite amid the current global crisis – and EU nations’ migration policies are making things worse, a new report has found. The European Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has reported…

An announcement by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull at the recent United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants that Australia would accept refugees from Costa Rica took many by surprise. Australia has not seen large numbers of refugees from Central America…

It brought a large part of Manhattan to a standstill last week, it brought the good and great from across the planet but will it bring real change? Last week’s UN Refugee Summit saw thousands of delegates and leaders descend…

Thousands of asylum seekers and refugees in Victoria will now have access to local education and training programs across the state, under an initiative announced this week by the Victorian Government. Victoria’s Vocational Education and Training (VET) program will be…

What is the future of multiculturalism in Victoria? How can we ensure Australia is as inclusive as possible? These were the questions posed at community forum ‘The Right to Belong’ held in Melbourne this past week. The forum launched the…

The character and disposition of Australia’s migration program has been transformed in recent years with almost two million temporary migrants now living in Australia. These include international students, skilled migrants on 457 visas, working holidaymakers, New Zealanders and refugees on…

Australia should and could triple its humanitarian refugee intake to 42,000 people a year, according to charity Oxfam. The NGO says that with an unprecedented global demand for resettlement places, Australia should triple its annual humanitarian intake within five years,…

The UNHCR’s fact sheet reads like recipe for despair. Currently, across the globe, there are 65 million people who are displaced, 3 million seeking asylum, 21 million declared refugees, 40 million internally displaced and 10 people million who are stateless.…