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Telling the stories that matter - with empathy, insight and purpose
Telling the stories that matter - with empathy, insight and purpose
They are potentially the most unwanted people in the world. More than two dozen Bhutanese refugees who were forcibly deported from the United States under the Trump administration’s migrant crackdown have found themselves in unprecedented legal limbo. The refugees are Lhotshampa, a Nepali-speaking ethnic minority who were expelled from Bhutan in the 1990s. After decades […]
Refugee paralympian Zakia Khudadadi has made history at the Paris Paralympics by becoming the first-ever Refugee Paralympic Team medallist. Ms Khudadadi, who competed for Afghanistan in the 2021 games, won bronze in the women’s under 47kg category in taekwando. At…
A stunning new photo exhibition charts the journey of an asylum seeker from Afghanistan over two years and across three continents. Photojournalist Barat Ali Batoor has recorded his passage to freedom and safety in a life-affirming photo essay called ‘Searching…
The images coming out Britain showing violent mobs protesting against asylum seekers are disturbing for observers and worse for the innocent people caught up in the mayhem. The term ‘right wing thuggery; has been bandied about to describe disorder, not…
Three years after the Taliban’s seizure of power in Afghanistan millions of people continue to struggle amid what is one of the world’s biggest and most complex humanitarian crises. Among a population of around 42 million, 24 million are deemed…
A survey of real estate agents in Melbourne has found refugees and migrants make excellent rental tenants. The survey of 40 agents, carried out in suburbs that are home to large numbers of newly arrived people, found refugees and migrants…
A new book traces the UK’s centuries long history as a haven for refugees, arguing that the nation has benefitted as a result. ‘The Land of Promise: A History of Refugees and Exiles in Britain’, by American academic Matthew Lockwood,…
The exodus of people leaving Venezuela is expected to intensify after the nation’s electoral agency declared Nicolas Maduro winner of the recent presidential elections. Opposition parties and international leaders have cast doubt on the veracity of the result saying they…
Thirty-seven refugee athletes from eleven different countries, hosted by fifteen National Olympic Committees (NOCs) are competing across a dozen sports at the Paris Olympics. The IOC Refugee Olympic Team was announced at a recent ceremony at Olympic House in Lausanne,…
Refugees who have settled in regional Australia feel welcome and safe, and value the peaceful environment regional communities provide in raising children, according to a new study. The study also found refugees were finding employment opportunities and affordable housing in…
A new book tells the story of one of the world’s refugee protection systems which saw hundreds of thousands of Muslims from surrounding lands were given sanctuary by the Ottoman Empire. ‘Empire of Refugees: North Caucasian Muslims and the Late…
Cath Scath, CEO AMES Australia The deaths of six workers who were fixing potholes when an out-of-control container ship destroyed a bridge in the US city of Baltimore is metaphor for the plight migrants across the world. The six men…
More than half of all the internal displacements that took place globally in 2022 were triggered by climate-related disasters, according to a new report from the UN refugee agency UNHCR. The report, titled ‘Climate Change and Displacement’, says a total…