This week marks 30 years since the Srebrenica genocide which saw the massacre of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims. In July 1995, Bosnian Serb troops overran a United Nations declared “safe area” where thousands of Bosnian Muslims had sought refuge.…

More innovative investment in human mobility is needed to spur growth and help close the US$4 trillion annual development financing gap, according to the UN’s migration agency IOM. Speaking at the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development IOM Director…

The global football body FIFA has been urged to reconsider its decision to make the US a co-host of the 2026 World Cup. The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that US’ recent crackdown on migrants could mean players,…

A scandal has erupted in the UK after a single UK military officer blocked the resettlement applications of more than 1500 Afghan soldiers who served with UK special forces. Local reports say that the reason for the refusals may be…

The UN refugee agency UNHCR has been forced to cut 3,500 jobs, including 50 per cent of senior roles, because of a dramatic decline in global humanitarian funding. The cuts came after the Trump administration in the US slashed its…

Australia’s newest soccer club was forged in the crucible of war-torn Afghanistan and amid the precarious and dangerous days that saw the return of the Taliban. When hundreds of thousands of Afghans who had worked with allied militaries or governments…

Increasing Australia’s refugee intake could benefit the Australian economy by $37.7 billion in today’s dollars over the next 50 years, according to new research. The research, by Deloitte Access Economics, says raising the humanitarian intake from 18,750 now to 44,000…

Australia has its first member of parliament who is from a Palestinian background. Muslim Labor candidate Basem Abdo has won the electorate of Calwell, in Melbourne’s north, despite a tight four-cornered election contest in what has traditionally been a safe…

Families and people struggling with the cost of living are among the biggest winners in this year’s Victorian budget. The budget has been described as “responsible” by the treasurer Jaclyn Symes and promises a $600 million surplus for the first…

Afghans who have fled conflict and persecution in their homeland now face being deported from the havens they have found in both the US and Pakistan. Pakistan has deported more than 19,500 Afghans this month, among more than 80,000 who…

Opinion – Dr. Ian Pringle Refugees and displaced persons are usually the people most buffeted by the capricious winds of fortune. They are the most vulnerable, and the first to suffer, from disruptive events such as conflicts, economic downturns, the…

The Victorian Government has committed to restarting the state’s Interfaith Dialogue as part of a package of initiatives to strengthen multiculturalism. The Interfaith Dialogue has stalled in recent times as a result of community tensions over the conflict in Gaza.…