Rami Hussein is one of about four-and-a-half million people across the globe who have, or are, enduring statelessness. Rami’s father fled Palestine during the 1948 was when Zionist forces seized territory and established the state of Israel, forcing more than…

Migrants arriving in the US are overwhelmingly settling in states and counties that voted Democrat in the last US presidential election, according to an analysis by Bloomberg News says.    As the next US election approaches, immigration will be an…

Israel has reportedly been recruiting African asylum seekers to take part in military operations in Gaza in return for promises of permanent residency. The practice has not yet been formally acknowledged by the Israeli government but reports in the Israeli…

The Rohingya people have marked the seven-year anniversary of the genocide that sparked the exodus of hundreds of thousands of them from Myanmar. In August 2017, Myanmar’s military, the Tatmadaw, unleashed waves of violence against Rohingya ethnic minorities in Rakhine…

Her own family’s story of displacement has driven Lena Torus’ passion to help refugees find their first homes in Australia. Lena is a Senior Client Manager with the Ray White real estate agency in Melbourne’s south-east, an area where thousands…

In a recent speech at a conservative political event in the US, Donald Trump’s running mate J D Vance alluded to the city of Springfield, in his home state of Ohio, as an example of how unchecked immigration is damaging…

Community hubs support thousands of families from diverse backgrounds build successful lives in Australia each year. Based in primary schools, the National Community Hubs Program supports newly arrived women connect with the school community and with the broader community. The…

Refugees who arrived in Australia as a result of the conflicts in Syria and Iraq are thriving, feel welcome and are optimistic about the future, a new study has found. The final results of the ‘Refuge and family Futures in…

This United Nations Micro-, Small- and Medium-sized (MSM) Enterprises Day, Manka Café, in Brisbane’s Sunnybank, provides the perfect place for a contemplative cuppa. Falling on 27 June, the annual observance is designed to consider the contribution of MSM Enterprises to…

Turkish migrant Merve Alpay has a dream to turn her talent as an artist into a successful career. Merve specialises in the traditional Turkish art of Ebru, which involves creating colourful patterns by sprinkling and brushing colour pigments onto a…

The court system is failing migrant workers trying to recover underpaid wages, a new report claims. The underpayment of migrant and local workers has been documented for a decade, but the report by the Migrant Justice Institute exposed the difficulties…

Recent hysteria among politicians and media commentators that links the surge in ‘net overseas migration’ with soaring housing costs is misplaced, according to a leading migration academic. In a recent ‘policy brief’, ANU researcher Professor Alan Gamlen said that the…