Both contenders to be the UK’s next Prime Minister have vowed to toughen controls on immigration and both have backed the Conservative government’s controversial policy of sending migrants to Rwanda. Former finance minister Rishi Sunak and foreign secretary Liz Truss…

A ‘second wave’ of Russians is fleeing President Vladimir Putin’s regime and his war in Ukraine, reports from Europe say. A ‘first wave’ of artists, journalists and others who opposed to President Putin’s regime and the war in Ukraine fled…

The European Commission has warned that Europe faces another migration wave from the Middle East and Africa because of the food crisis created by the war in Ukraine. Ukraine is one of the world’s largest grain exporters but production and…

The border crossing between the US and Mexico has become the deadliest migration route in the world, according to a new study. The study, by the Missing Migrants Project and published by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), found at…

The global population will reach eight billion people later this year and continue to rise for the next six decades, according to the UN’s latest population report. The World Population Prospects 2022 report, from the UN’s Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division…

The US Supreme Court gas given the Biden administration the go-ahead to scrap the much-reviled ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy which makes asylum seekers wait in Mexico during hearings of US immigration courts. The end of the policy, a leftover from…

Victoria’s Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission has produced an innovative and humorous video aimed at combating racism. The video, titled ‘The Anti-Racism Race’, which explores attitudes and mind sets around racism was unveiled at the recent Federation of Ethnic…

While the federal parliament will see an increased representation of female and culturally diverse members in the term ahead, the make-up of the two houses is still skewed in favour of white Anglo-centric candidates. There will be 13 MPs from…

Cassandra Fernando has made history as the first Sri Lankan-born member of the Australian Parliament. Ms Fernando, the newly elected member for the seat of Holt in Melbourne’s south east, arrived in Australia with her family aged just 11. Her…

The 2022 federal election has again highlighted the under-representation of people from culturally diverse communities in Australian politics. While the make-up of the new parliament sees increased representation of culturally diverse Australians, and indeed also indigenous Australians, political participation remains…

The global climate crisis and migration are becoming more and more entwined as the negative impacts of climate change displace growing numbers of people, a major global conference has heard. The International Migration Review Forum (IMRF), which was held in…