A large majority of migrants and refugees new to Australia plan to become citizens and feel it is important to mark Australia Day, according to a new survey. Most newcomers say they plan to mark the day in some way…

There’s the old joke about how you tell when politician is lying – its’ when his lips are moving. But for the mayor of Beziers, a city in southern France, it’s no joke. Mayor Robert Menard has been chosen as…

Some of the US’ largest cities, most of which have traditionally welcomed and harboured undocumented migrants, are preparing to resist a Donald Trump-led federal campaign to deport them. So called ‘sanctuary cities’, which include Chicago, San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia, and…

A crowd funding campaign has raised tens of thousands of dollars to reinstate an Australia Day advertising billboard featuring two young girls in hijabs. The billboard, commissioned by the Victorian Government, was taken down after advertising company QMS received threats…

As the Christian world pauses for the festive season, much of the planet continues to be mired in conflict, inequality and poverty. The 65 million people currently displaced around the globe will find little cheer in the holiday season. The festive…

The European Council this week released a communique highlighting its achievements and claiming it had “regained control of illegal migration flows”. But data from Europe’s statistics body Eurostat and a report by the UK-based development and humanitarian think tank the…

If Indian migrant Sravan Threerthala had turned his back on Australia after a drug-affected teenage thug plunged a large screwdriver through his temple and out the other side of his skull in an unprovoked attack in 2009, no one would…

The social interactions of different cohorts of migrants are captured in this video about an end of year celebration held by some Melbourne English language students. The video was made by student Iuoyuan Zheng.      

A fascinating new interactive flow chart gives an intriguing picture of migration flows around the world over the past 20 years. Published in the magazine Science, the chart analyses the bilateral flows between 196 countries divided into regions and captures…

Migration benefits the global economy by a staggering $US3 trillion a year – or about 4 per cent of planet’s economic output – according to reports by the McKinsey Global Institute and the International Monetary Fund. But while both highlight the…

Politics and not religion is the main force driving foreign fighters to join ISIS and other terrorist groups in Iraq and Syria, new research claims. The study by academics at the US Military Academy at West Point found that the…

Increasing numbers of Malaysians are making claims for refugee status in Australia as ethnic and cultural tensions rise against a backdrop of continuing political corruption scandals. Malaysians – mostly ethnic Chinese – now make up 43 per cent of all claims…