Europe’s nationalist political movements have gained some ground in the recent EU Parliament elections and now are expected to try to unite behind the common goals of anti-migration and nationalism. But observers say they face an uphill battle to usurp…

A record 41.3 million people are now displaced within their own countries because of conflict or violence and two thirds of this group are located within just ten countries. New data from the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) shows…

After almost 18 months in prison, two Reuters journalists jailed for reporting on alleged atrocities committed by Burma’s military against the minority Rohingya people have been released. The two men, Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, were convicted…

When it comes to sport Australia’s diverse communities are into football (soccer), running, cricket and basketball, according to a new survey of sports participation. The ‘AusPlay’ survey, released this week by peak body Sport Australia, shows the twenty most popular…

The UN’s refugee agency UNHCR has been accused of systemic corruption in a series of articles published by America’s NBC network. The NBC articles allege UNHCR officials had taken bribes to prioritise refugees for resettlement. They allege a seven-month investigation…

Australia heads the list of the most populous countries in Oceania but the region itself is small fry when it comes to hosting the bulk of the planet’s population. So, where do most people live across the globe? It’s a…

The United Nations refugee chief has branded current political, media and social media exchanges around refugees, migrants and foreigners as “toxic” and “poisonous”. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi was speaking in the wake of the horrific March…

The world famous Athens landmark the Acropolis has been lit up to highlight the fate of thousands of refugees stuck in limbo in Greece because of soured European deal on asylum seeker processing. A projected image on the Acropolis has…

Victoria’s population has topped six and half million fuelled by the fastest growth in numbers of new permanent residents across Australia. The estimated resident population of Australia at 30 September 2018 was 25,101,900 people, according to the Australian Bureau of…

Pakistan has been lauded by the international humanitarian sector for allowing hundreds of thousands of Afghan refugees in the country as legal refugees to open bank accounts. The move will enable Afghans to formally participate in the national economy. The…

It’s been called a “small miracle’ by the media and it’s one of those stories that almost restores your faith in human nature. A church in Holland has protected a family of Armenian asylum seekers from being deported by holding…

Less than 5 per cent of refugees needing resettlement found new homes in 2018 despite record levels of worldwide forced human displacement, new figures from the UNHCR show. The data shows just 4.7 per cent of global refugee resettlement needs…