Rwanda’s involvement in the UK’s controversial asylum seeker processing plans has shone a light on the African nation’s own approach to refugees and migration. And the picture is complicated one. Rwanda is a nation that is in the grip of…

The federal government’s Multicultural Framework Review has been launched by Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Minister Andrew Giles who has declared the review open to submissions. Launching the initiative, Minister Giles said the review was the next step in building a…

A prolonged drought in the Horn of Africa which has come hard on the heels of a brutal civil war has brought life-threatening food shortages to Ethiopia. The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR has said five failed rainy seasons since 2019…

A new exhibition which re-examines how Jewish refugees fled to Shanghai during WWII has lessons for the current global displacement crisis. The ‘Shanghai, Homeland Once Upon a Time — Jewish Refugees and Shanghai’ exhibition, which opened in New York this…

Having an ethnic name is a barrier to progressing through a job application and scoring an interview or call back, a new study has found. And ethnic discrimination is particularly pronounced when it comes to recruitment for leadership positions. Lead…

Increasing numbers of migrants making dangerous, irregular journeys to Europe and the US have sparked a new wave of anti-immigrant policies and continuing political polarisation in wealthy destination countries, a raft of new data shows. New asylum and immigration restrictions,…

Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh say they will not return to Myanmar amid fears they will “be confined in camps” in response to moves to encourage their voluntary repatriation. Their refusal comes as violence against Rohingya refugees by local armed gangs…

New research by money transfer company Western Union says that without being able to send money home 40 per cent of migrants living in the UK believe their family or friends would be in poverty. The report, titled ‘The Value…

Australia’s efforts to offer resettlement opportunities to Afghans who had worked with government and military was well conceived but failed when it really counted during the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in 2021, a review of the program has…

Almost a third of migrant domestic workers employed in Malaysian households are working under forced labour conditions, according to a new report by the UN’s labour agency. The report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) found conditions such as excessive…

The new head of the UN’s migration agency IOM plans to co-opt tech companies into the work of managing global migration. Amy Pope, the incoming head of the International Organisation for Migration, says she has talked to companies like Microsoft…

A stunning and compelling new artwork explores the physical, emotional and spiritual dimensions of the refugee experience. Created by Vanghoua Anthony Vue, ‘Chaw So’ is amongst the most provocative artworks to be exhibited as part of the Brisbane Art and…