A picture of under-utilised skills, discrimination and problems of language acquisition have emerged from one of the first comprehensive studies of the skills of migrants across the globe. The OECD’s ‘Skills on the Move’ report found that the literacy, numeracy…

The Second Sudanese Civil War took Richard Deng’s father and forced him to flee alone into the chaotic life of a refugee. Almost two decades on, he is harnessing his memories of those experiences to develop mutual understanding between refugees…

The National Gallery of Indonesia recently hosted the art work of asylum seekers and refugees in a special exhibition. Titled Berdiam/Bertandang, which means Stay/Visit, the exhibition aimed to raise awareness of the plight of refugees while they wait in an…

The number of Chinese nationals applying for refugee status in Australia has risen by more than 300 per cent in just a year, according to new figures from the Department of Home Affairs. Protection visa applications from people arriving from…

As a small boy Peter Kon was forced on a month-long march across rugged bushland away from his family and village. For the next 18-years a refugee camp would be his home and disease, starvation and death his constant companions.…

“This country gave me everything that I dreamed of as a little girl but could never have achieved in my homeland.” This is how Kosovar-Albanian refugee Mirisha Bowler sums up the experience of fleeing her war-torn homeland and building a…

Policies to deter refugees and migration such as building walls and pushing back boats do not deter asylum seekers but lead to significant increases in persecution, deportation and death, according to a leading human rights campaigner. Professor Gloria Careaga, a…

The settlement of refugees at Bendigo, in central Victoria, has contributed economically and culturally to the life of the city while offering opportunities for employment and social participation to refugee communities, according to a new study today. The arrival of…

Diverting new migrants away from Sydney and Melbourne will only have a marginal effect on population growth and draw more internal migration to Australia’s two largest cities, according to a leading demographer. Speaking on Australia’s population and labour force prospects…

More than 30,000 asylum seekers have now found jobs in Germany according to new data released by the nation’s labour agency that flies in the face of predictions that the influx of migrants would cripple Europe’s largest economy. Critics of…

The civil war in South Sudan has killed tens of thousands of people and forced more than 4.5 million people from their homes since it began December 2013. At one point, at the height of the conflict, 8,000 refugees a…

New research has linked Facebook to violence against refugees in Germany. The study found that spikes in anti-refugee posts were predictive of violent crimes against those groups. The research, conducted by the University of Warwick’s Karsten Muller and Carlo Schwartz,…