Australians continue to show strong support for multiculturalism and migration with a record 78 per cent of the population saying they are good for the country, according to the latest Scanlon Foundation social cohesion survey. The Australia Cohesion Index 2023,…

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…

Saudi Arabian border troops have killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers trying to cross the Yemen-Saudi border, according to a new report from NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW). The killings are said to have occurred between March 2022…

A technology start-up is making a difference in the lives of vulnerable people, including refugees, through donations of electronic devices that keep them connected, Melbourne-based Moorup, which means ‘life’ in the Woi Wurrung language, is a technology company whose mission…

Two years since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, tens of thousands of Afghans promised resettlement are either trapped in legal limbo in third countries or awaiting visas processing by western nations that promised to rescue their former allies. In…

Europeans remain welcoming of refugees despite the Ukraine war and the arrival of an increasing numbers of migrants fleeing humanitarian crises, new research has found. A survey published in the journal Nature found people in Europe are as supportive of…

Australia’s humanitarian sector has welcomed the federal government’s announcement that the number of people resettled in Australia’s Humanitarian Settlement Program will increase from 17,875 to 20,000 per year.​ The Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, Andrew Giles, announced the…

About 140,000 parent visa applications are currently awaiting approval in Australia and the lengthy and cumbersome application process, often spanning decades, has left many families in a state of uncertainty, according to a new report. In the latest Scanlon Foundation…

A record 250,000 migrants have risked their lives on one of the world’s most dangerous land crossings so far this year. Desperate migrants from Venezuela, Haiti and elsewhere have the crossed the infamous Darien Gap in the last eight months,…

The UK government is facing a backlash over plans to house asylum seekers in tents as part of the government’s controversial migration and asylum policies. British media has reported that UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman is working on plans to…

Australia’s migration system is failing to attract the most skilled migrants; it is choked with bureaucracy and rife with rorting and exploitation. This is the shorthand appraisal of the nation’s migration system produced by the first major review in decades.…

The scale Global forced displacement is at an all-time high, with the number of forcibly displaced people doubling over the past decade. Today, the global figure exceeds 110 million people forced to flee from persecution, conflict, violence and human rights…