Hungary’s new laws criminalising support for asylum seekers and limiting the right to asylum violates EU law, according to the European Court of Justice. The ruling has rejected Hungary’s plan to criminally prosecute those who help asylum seekers. The court…

A war of competing narratives has broken out in Britain over asylum seekers arriving by boat across the English Channel. UK Conservative Government Home Secretary Priti Patel has claimed that 70 per cent of the arrivals are “economic refugees”. Meanwhile,…

A small hole in a fence, a kindly US marine and a borrowed power charger were the difference between freedom and safety – and an uncertain and possibly grim fate for Afghan refugee ‘Nazari’. Nazari* (not his real name) and…

As economic and social conditions continue to deteriorate in Venezuela, desperate would be migrants have found a new and dangerous maritime route out of the country. Increasingly desperate residents of the country’s Caribbean coast are choosing a dangerous sea crossing…

US President Joe Bien is facing a backlash among progressive voters and organisations in America over his administration’s treatment of Haitian asylum seekers. Around 4,600 Haitians have been removed from the United States on repatriation flights from Texas to Haiti…

Claims that the Taliban has reformed itself, abandoning brutal punishment practices while becoming inclusive of women and minority groups, have been dispelled by recent events in the provincial city of Herat. On September 23, Taliban forces hanged the bullet-ridden bodies…

A new film by Hazara photojournalist, filmmaker and former refugee Barat Ali Batoor, that chronicles an asylum seeker boat journey, has been nominated for a prestigious Walkley Award. The film ‘Batoor: A Refugee Journey’  tells the story of Batoor’s own…

Climate change bringing rising sea levels, water scarcity and declining crop productivity could force 216 million people to migrate within their own countries by 2050, according to a new report from the World Bank. The report says without immediate action…

The US and Canada have announced significant increases in their refugee intakes this year following the Taliban taking control of Afghanistan and a looming humanitarian crisis. The moves will put pressure on other western nations, including Australia, to follow suit.…

Afghanistan is facing financial collapse and a resultant humanitarian crisis following the Taliban takeover on August 15, international aid agencies say. In the period between the fall of the previous government and the installation of the Taliban’s administration, state employees…

A pair of UK cyclists have completed what is the world’s largest GPS artwork, riding more than 2000 kilometres to sketch out the message ‘Refugees Welcome’ across the south of England. Georgie Cottle and David Charles set out on the…

The Baghdad Supermarket in Craigieburn offers ten varieties of coffee among the cornucopia of mostly Middle Eastern and Mediterranean foods and produce on offer. Owner Bashar Audish will blend any of the ten varieties to customers’ tastes and he usually…