The practice of accepting dowries in marriages is a direct cause of “family violence, murders and suicides in Australia”, according to the report of a senate inquiry into dowries. After months of submissions and evidence by individuals and organisations, the…

Europe’s migration crisis is over according to the European Commission which has taken aim at what it calls “fake news” and “misinformation” around the issue. EC vice-president Frans Timmermans said this week that Europe was no longer experiencing the migration…

Hundreds of newly arrived migrants and refugees from more than 30 countries this week held a vigil for the victims of the Christchurch terror attacks as part of a Harmony Day picnic. Office workers and passers-by joined students, clients and…

Around 250,000 young people are unemployed across Australia with some regions seeing youth unemployment rates as high as 25 percent, according to new research. Regional areas in NSW, Victoria and Queensland have among the highest rates of youth unemployment in…

It’s not just in the ‘usual suspect’ countries of Africa, the Middle East and Asia where there are concerns about human rights abuses. Several recent developments suggest there is cause for concern about the treatment of vulnerable people in western…

The federal government has launched a scheme to help vulnerable Australians, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities, access appropriate and high quality aged care. The Aged Care System Navigator trials will be rolled out across Australia at…

Two former senior western politicians have called on the world to see refugees as economic assets who have much to contribute to countries around the globe while appealing to states to offer hope to the millions who are currently displaced.…

Refugee and human rights organisations have criticised US President Donald Trump’s assessment of asylum seekers in his recent State of Union Address as “cruel” and “unprecedented in American history”. During his speech President Trump made a commitment to “the security,…

“I’ll tell you something,” begins Dr Seham Mostafa. “To live a healthy life you should really change your kind of work to make your life interesting.” For Dr Mostafa, an interesting life has meant adaptation. Born in Cairo, she began her…

As tens of thousands of Central American migrants gather in northern Mexico looking for a way into the United States and President Trump continues to wrangle with his Democratic Party opponents over a border wall, the history of the US’…

A ground-breaking new study has produced the first provable link between climate change, conflict and international migration. The study by researchers at the University of East Anglia, in the UK, is the first to provide an empirically established causal path…

Amid the ruins of the ancient and once beautiful city of Aleppo, people are starting to rebuild their homes. The residents who haven’t fled are grateful the violence had ended and most want to see a complete end to the…