United Nations Assistant High Commissioner for Protection and Australian academic Gillian Triggs recently sent out a tweet that exposes a hypocrisy in the global conversation about human displacement. Professor Triggs, a former Australian Human Rights Commissioner chief, said: “Refugees are…

The issue of immigration is once again causing political turmoil in Europe with the Dutch Government collapsing over a disagreement between collation parties on asylum policy. The vexed area of reining in irregular migration was the final stumbling block that…

Four amazing people who have rebuilt their lives in Victoria and arte now supporting others have been recognised at the 2023 Victorian Refugee Awards. Now in its third year and hosted by the Victorian Multicultural Commission (VMC) as part of…

Because of war, disasters and economic crises millions of people around the world are forced to leave their homes each year. These four graphs show who is going where and why, and which countries are taking in refugees. Where do…

A record 110 million people are now displaced across the globe thanks to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, conflicts in Syria and Sudan as well as climate-fuelled disasters and crises, a new report says. The UN refugee agency UNHCR has…

Measures announced by the federal government to combat the exploitation of migrant workers have been welcomed by migrant and refugee advocacy groups. The proposed changes would make it a criminal offence, potentially attracting a jail sentence, to coerce someone into…

Jalal Ahmadzai is one of the many Afghan nationals evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021. Jalal has since established his life in Australia and currently works at AMES Australia. He is an active member of…

Displaced Ukrainians have been successfully finding employment in the EU after fleeing Russia’s invasion of their homeland in February 2022, a new study has found. An analysis by the Migration Policy Institute Europe found many working-age Ukrainians have managed to…

The humanitarian crisis sparked by the civil war in Sudan is growing as neighbouring countries struggle to support refugees fleeing the violence. The United Nations says thousands of Sudanese are crossing borders into countries already in the grip of drought,…

New York’s iconic Roosevelt Hotel in downtown Manhattan has re-opened as a ‘new arrivals centre’ for asylum seekers. The move comes as city authorities admit they are struggling to find space for asylum seekers. The historic hotel has been home…

Former White House advisor Amy Pope is the new Director General of the International Organisation for Migration, the UN’s international migration agency. Ms Pope, 49, defeated the incumbent Director General Antonio Vitorino, of Portugal, in a vote by member nations,…

Victoria’s 2023 state budget is largely aimed at paying down debt incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic with a raft of new temporary taxes while maintaining services critical to the most disadvantaged Victorians. The state government’s ‘COVD debt levy’ targets people…