In 2023, around 110 million people were displaced and forced to flee their homes because of conflict persecution or natural disaster. Most stayed within their own countries or regions, but many also took long and dangerous journeys across the globe,…

More than 114 million people are likely forcibly displaced by war, persecution, violence, and human rights around the world by the end of this year, according to a new report from the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR. At the end of…

Nearly 4,000 schools and educational facilities throughout Ukraine have been damaged or destroyed since Russia’s invasion, putting the future of Ukraine’s children at risk, a new report claims. A new report from NGO Human Rights Watch documents attacks on education…

A British government plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda has been ruled unlawful by the UK’s highest court. The UK’s Supreme Court deemed that people sent to Rwanda would not be safe. The court issued a unanimous judgement saying…

A young Afghan refugee has written about his epic journey to Australia. His story is part of AMES Australia’s 2023 Heartlands Arts Project, which invited young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds to submit written or spoken word pieces reflecting…

By Adjunct Professor Eileen Pittaway, AM, Phd, and Dr Linda Bartolomei In 1990, the horrendous scope of the rape and sexual torture of refugee women and girls was a key finding of research with refugee women resettled in Australia, undertaken…

Migration to wealthy countries reached an all-time peak last year driven by humanitarian crises across the globe and a rising demand for skilled workers, according to a new report from the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). More than…

Armenia is a part of the world most Australians have heard little about. Recently, it has been enveloped in a refugee crisis that has seen more than whole communities uprooted. Here’s what’s happening.  Following the escalation of a decades-long conflict…

Refugees are finding success and prosperity in the US by working hard and finding economic niches, a new study has found. The research, by the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP), found that refugees in the US are also increasing…

Pakistan has ordered more than 1.7 million unauthorised Afghan asylum seekers to leave the country by November. The move comes in the wake of escalating tensions along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, which Islamabad attributes to Afghanistan-based militia groups. And it comes…

Long-term asylum seekers have welcomed plans to speed up asylum claim processing in a move they say will be “life changing”. Immigration minister Andrew Giles has announced a $160 million package to tackle the backlog of asylum claims, including $54…

The new head of the UN’s migration agency IOM has laid out her agenda and priorities as she begins her five-year term. Former US bureaucrat Amy Pope says her focus will be on climate, more regular pathways for migrants and…