A major breakthrough in stamping out child labour was achieved this month when all nations which are members of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) agreed to protocols ending dangerous work for children. All 187 member countries of the International ILO…

Thousands of refugees and migrants are dying or suffering extreme human rights abuses on journeys between West and East Africa and the continent’s Mediterranean Coast, according to a new report from the UN’s refugee agency. The report, titled ‘On this…

Migrant workers are key to horticulture having become Australia’s fastest-growing agriculture sector, according to a senior union leader. United Workers Union Farms director Jannette Armstrong says that without the input of migrant farm workers, the horticulture sector could not prosper.…

Brexit has sparked a ‘brain drain’ in the UK with an exodus of economically productive people from the UK to European Union, according to a new study. The exodus is on a scale that would normally be expected only as…

After being targeted by Islamic extremists in his homeland and forced into near slave labour as an exile living in Lebanon, Iraqi refugee Ramsin Moshi Butrus Kano is finally on pathway to relaunching his career as an engineer in Australia.…

Migrants in the UK are winning hearts and minds among the general population because of their high level of representation among health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study shows that attitudes towards are becoming more positive and the…

Australia’s multicultural communities may be at greater risk from the COVID-19 pandemic because health data is not collected on the basis of cultural background, ethnicity or language, according to leading sociologist Professor Andrew Jakubowicz.  Prof Jakubowicz says that the rising…

Werribee Mansion’s historic parterre garden has been turned into a vegetable patch during the COVID-19 crisis to help feed needy families in Wyndham. The flower beds, famous among gardeners across the world, is being used to grow silver beet that…

Mindfulness and meditation are helping refugees with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) recover and heal after living through terror and distress at a time of the largest human displacement in history. Today there are 79.5 people displaced across the globe,…

Entrenching a monitoring and evaluation process into refugee settlement programs could improve their sustainability and result in better integration and cohesion outcomes, a new study has found. The study by the Brussels-based  Migration Policy Institute Europe says that to ensure…

The US Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration can deport some asylum-seekers without granting them a federal court hearing. The ruling means that asylum-seekers on track for expedited removal from the US are not entitled to seek habeas…

Then United Nations has called for increased protections for migrants and refugees amid the COVID-19 pandemic, reminding countries of their obligations to people on the move. In a video accompanying the release of a UN policy brief for aiding migrants…