People getting a COVID-19 vaccine will be asked about their language and birthplace under a federal government plan to make sure there is vaccine uptake across diverse communities. The same information has already been collected nationally on positive COVID-19 diagnoses…

Fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening the lives and rights of displaced and stateless refugee women and girls, according to the UN’s refugee agency UNHCR. In a statement issued on International Women’s Day, UNHCR said the economic and social…

More than 80 governments have used the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to silence critics and adopt new repressive laws criminalising or stifling free speech, according to a new report from the NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW). The report says…

A group of refugee and human rights groups have issued a statement condemning the Malaysian Government for deporting of refugees and asylum seekers back to Myanmar following the military coup these on February 1. The groups – the Asia Pacific…

Malaysia is set to deport migrants and asylum seekers back to Myanmar amid fears the returnees will face persecution from the nation’s military, which staged a coup and seized power on February 1. The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR has…

Nations that have coped well with COVID-19 pandemic will face a lasting economic impact from the global collapse in skilled migration which will hinder the growth of their working-age population, according to a new report from the OECD. The report…

A large majority of migrants and refugees new to Australia plan to become citizens and believe it is important to celebrate Australia Day, according to a new survey. Most newcomers say they plan to mark the day in some way…

A steady stream of migrants is leaving the US’ heavily populated north-eastern states for the nation’s western and southern regions, according to a new survey. In its 44th Annual National Migration Study, United Van Lines found that migration to western…

Bushra Mansour and her family are what successful refugee settlement in Australia looks like. Four years after arriving in Australia, the family has bought a house in Craigieburn, in Melbourne’s north, Bushra and her husband Jerjus are both in work…

Safety and security for citizens is unsurprisingly lowest in countries beset by conflict and with high numbers of displaced persons, according to the latest Gallup Global Law and Order report. The report found almost seven in ten people (69 per…

Three years after being forced to flee their homeland, the almost one million Rohingya refugees currently living in Bangladesh are facing a new and frightening prospect. The Bangladesh Government is planning to move many of them to an island that…

A new wave of Venezuelan migrants is leaving the country again to look for work and new lives as neighbouring countries reopen their economies. But the pandemic is making their route through South America tougher. At least five million Venezuelans…