The biggest population decline in Australia’s history may have begun as a result of the COVID-19 crisis with 300,000 tourists, temporary workers and students departing so far this year, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data. But a leading…

Migrants and asylum seekers in the US are among the most vulnerable to the COVID-19 virus because they are the least protected, rights campaigners say. As the death toll from the pandemic crisis in the US passes 25,000, it has…

Dozens of refugee health professionals across the country stand ready to help out in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic should they be called on. In Victoria, almost 40 doctors, pharmacists and dentists, who are in the process of having…

Democracy, human rights and freedom across the world are under threat again with dictators on the rise and the rights of minorities being undermined, according to survey of the global condition of liberty and social justice. The report by democratic…

A new snapshot of migrant incomes in Australia shows that new arrivals are increasingly the drivers of economic activity and are filling key roles in the professions. The data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) also shows that refugees…

Migration should be incorporated into planning for global sustainable development and used as tool to facilitate development and the improvement of opportunities for people across the globe, according to a raft of new research. The research papers point out the…

A senior German politician says his country needs 500,000 migrant a year to avert a demographic catastrophe wrought by an ageing population. Deputy Chairman of Germany’s pro-business Free Democrats’ (FDP) parliamentary group Christian Durr said in a recent speech that…

Refugee volunteers are helping to secure the future of an important and unique native grassland west of Melbourne. Members of the Karen community in Wyndham are helping Parks Victoria to clean seeds needed to revegetate newly declared native grassland reserves…

A new report outlines how Australia’s refugee settlement service could be better aligned and bolstered to help improve settlement outcome including community connect and employment for refugees new to the country. The report, produced by a panel led by former…

In the three years of the Trump administration in the US, the nation’s asylum system has been utterly transformed. President Trump and his senior aides have built layers of impediments in Central America, at the border with Mexico and in…

More than a million and a half children around the world each year are deprived of their liberty because of various reasons and across a wide variety of settings, a new report has found The ‘Global study on children deprived…

Getting more migrants into jobs that match their skills could deliver and $6 billion a year boost to the economy, according to new research. And increasing the nation’s migrant workforce also boosts wages for Australian workers, the study found. Titled…