Numbers of child refugees seeking asylum in Europe are soaring, according to new figures. The number of unaccompanied children seeking safety in the European Union in 2021 jumped by 72 per cent as the number of refugees arriving from Ukraine…

Anastasiia Kozinaz fled Ukraine’s killing fields for the sake of her two boys, leaving behind her husband, her family and everything she had known. Anastasia’s house was just a kilometre from Bucha and Irpin, the places just outside Kyiv where…

Australia’s overseas born population has shrunk for the first time in decades because of the COVID-19 pandemic, new data shows. The latest population statistics from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows that in 2021, 29.1 per cent of Australia’s population…

Australia’s Catholic bishops have called on the federal government to provide humanitarian visas for an extra 20,000 refugees from Afghanistan. As part of a statement ahead of the federal election, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference said the country had a…

Increasing numbers of people, including a growing number of Venezuelans, are attempting dangerous crossings through the jungles of Central America’s infamous Darien Gap in search of safety, according to a new report. The report, by the UN agencies UNHCR and…

The United Kingdom’s Conservative government’s is set to unveil a plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reported to be ready to announce the measure to ‘offshore’ applicants to Rwanda over rising…

Hundreds of Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion of their homeland have arrived at Mexico’s northern border seeking asylum in the US. Local authorities says there are 1500 Ukrainians in the border city of Tijuana. The US Department of Homeland Security…

A new World Bank study shows that giving migrants and refugees access to government services and support has benefits for the newcomers and the established community. A team from the bank worked with the government of Colombia to study the…

Among the dozens of comedians performing at this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival is a young man whose start in life was not intuitively conducive to humour. At the age of four Oliver comic playwright and actor Oliver Twist fled…

The US Government has finalised its much anticipated plan for an overhaul of the nation’s asylum system giving hope for faster processing times but also creating new complexity. The new arrangements are set to begin in April for an interim…

Prince Charles has called on western countries to accept more refugees in the wake of the conflict in Ukraine. On a visit to meet refugees and asylum seekers at a London church, the Prince also called for the skills and…

Six months after they began to arrive the 500th family of Afghan evacuees have been supported to settle in their own home. ‘Ahmed’ (not his real name) and his wife and nine children have been supported by refugee and migrant…