Refugee and migrant communities are breathing a sigh of relief following the Labour Party’s decisive victory in the 2025 federal election. The Coalition’s policies going into the poll included a proposed 100,000-place cut to net overseas migration and refugee places…

Engineers and researchers at Facebook have used anonymous data from three billion Facebook users to create a fascinating interactive map of global migration. The team appear to have been able to measure the long-term movement of people accurately, in near-real…

People with foreign accents can experience discrimination, inequality, lower employability and they can be misunderstood, according to some new research. Accents can also subconsciously shape the way people interact and how meaning is interpreted, the research says. In an increasingly…

An important part of Pope Francis’ legacy will be his support for refugees and migrants and his advocacy for ending conflicts over his decade-long papal tenure. The Pope, who died on April 21 at the age of 88, often clashed…

Two leading experts on migration policy have called for comprehensive and evidence-based migration and population policies to underpin both Australia’s economy and social cohesion. Professor Alan Gamlen, the director of the ANU Migration Hub, says migration can continue to be…

The use of home languages in public can attract discrimination in times of conflict but it is a fundamental human right, write Monash University academics Dr Katrina Tour and A/P Marianne Turner In Australia, we are very proud of being…

Twenty million Yemenis are now relying on food and other aid to survive as the conflict marks a decade of strife and destruction. The country remains in the grip of relentless suffering, with US air strikes just the latest phase…

A long-term rise in the numbers of migrants, or the children of migrants, elected to the US Congress appears to have stalled, new research has found. migrants and children of immigrants now make up at least 15 per cent of…

Refugee and migrant advocacy groups have slammed the Trump administration’s use of a little used wartime emergency measure to deport hundreds of asylum seekers. The use of the ‘Enemy Aliens Act’ to make mass deportations of Venezuelans, many of whom…

A sense of belonging in a country hinges on speaking the local language for many people around the world, new research says. A study by the Washington-based Pew Research Center found that more people see language as very important to…

A visually impaired Afghan refugee is building a new life in Australia with the support of the AMES team at Dallas. Hossein, his wife Soghra and their three children have been living in Australia since November 2023. The family, originally…

As hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees return home following the fall of the Assad regime, there are fears of a spiralling humanitarian crisis. UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi has appealed to the international community for bold and…