US President Joe Biden has reversed a decision to limit the number of refugee the US accepts to 15,000 after a storm of protest from refugee advocates and church groups. President Biden said he would allow as many as 62,500…

A refugee artist whose passion for his work was almost extinguished by decades of war is rekindling his lifetime love affair with art after settling in Melbourne Iraqi refugee Zuhair Hanna and his family were forced to flee their home…

The displacement of people as a result of the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia has now officially tipped over the one million mark but is likely to be much higher, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).…

Protests have broken out in Japan over moves to change Japan’s asylum laws to make it easier to deport failed applicants for refugee status. Protestors took to the streets of Tokyo while lawyers, lawmakers and human rights groups said the…

Tibetan refugees Palden and Tashi Tensing made perilous month-long treks over the highest mountains in the world to find new lives in peace and safety. On their separate journeys, they dodged trigger-happy Chinese soldiers, survived raging torrents and nights lost…

A new interactive map charts how over the past decade at least 13 million Syrians have been forced to flee their homes because of conflict or fear of persecution. They have fled from the threat of imprisonment and forced conscription…

People from diverse communities are quiet achievers when it comes to urban environmentalism and often practice sustainability at home, a new study has found. Researchers at Western Sydney University have found that people from ethnic minorities are often under-represented in…

Venezuelan migrants and asylum seekers in Colombia are to be given protected status for up to ten years as well as access to a wide range of services, including COVID-19 vaccinations. Colombian President Ivan Duque has announced the move saying…

The search has begun for a new head of the United Nations. This year member countries will decide who will be the organisation’s next Secretary-General when Antonio Guterres’ term ends on December 31. Whoever assumes the role on January 1,…

As life slowly returns to normal after the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Australia is quietly putting migration at the centre of its economic recovery strategy. As internal state borders reopen and restriction are relaxed, Australia appears to be on…

It’s the major humanitarian crisis that you may never have heard of. The nearly ten years of the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) has killed at last 6,000 people, and possibly thousands more; it has displaced 700,000 internally…

Newly arrived refugees and migrants are now feeling safer and more confident that the worst of then COVID-19 pandemic is over in Australia but they report being impacted financially to a greater degree than the general population, according to a…