As the US presidential election approaches, issues around the Trump administration’s migration and asylum policies are bubbling to the surface. This week, a series of damaging revelations have emerged although the effect they will have on the voting intentions of…

Global remittances, or the amount of cash sent home by migrants, is predicted to drop by as much as 20 per cent in 2020 because of the economic crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by…

The US Government is planning to cut further the number of refugees the United States accepts to a new record low next year. In a recent notice to Congress, the Trump administration said it intended to admit a maximum of…

There are significant implications in the 2020-21 federal budget for Australia’s migration and refugee settlement programs with population growth set to fall to its lowest level in a century. The number of refugee places available will drop by about 5,500…

The federal government has released data for immigration to Australia over the 2019-20 financial year which point to the role of migration in the nation’s recovery from the COVID-driven economic crisis. The permanent migration intake was 140,366 with seventy per…

Migrants trying to reach Europe from Africa are being trafficked through a dangerous new route via the Atlantic Ocean and Spain’s Canary Islands. This year has seen a 520 per cent rise in migrant arrivals in the Canary Islands with…

As the looming US Presidential election seems likely to be fought at least in part over the issue of immigration, a new statistical analysis on migrants in America has emerged. The Washington-based think tank, the Pew Research Centre, has aggregated…

Clampdowns on low-level people smuggling has turned the industry into a multi-billion dollar global bonanza for organised crime, according to new research. And as legal avenues for migration have shrunk due to COVID-19 related restrictions, movement has increasingly been facilitated…

US private prison companies have emerged as major donors to the election campaign of President Donald Trump, whose policies have seen tens of thousands of asylum seekers locked up. The profits of private prisons have become inextricably linked to Trump’s…

Dozens of refugee health professionals across Victoria stand ready to help out in the fight against the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic should they be called on. In Victoria, almost 40 doctors, pharmacists, vets and dentists, who are in the…

As the COVID-19 pandemic and the rising effects of climate change fuel fears in the minds of millions of people across the globe, a bitter clash is looming between people who want to migrate out of their precarious positions and…

A Canadian court has ruled that the US’ treatment of asylum seekers is in breach of human rights. Canada’s Federal Court ruled that an existing ‘safe third country’ agreement with the US violates human rights protections in Canada’s constitution. Under…