European cities are demanding more involvement in policy-making in regards to the settlement of refugees and migrants in order to adequately allow for an effective and individual response to the incoming influx of refugees, according a recently released Eurocities report.…

West Welcome Wagon, a registered charity that welcomes asylum seekers into Melbourne’s West with food, clothing, furniture and other essentials, is seeking a new home. The not-for-profit group collects a range of donated goods and delivers them to local asylum…

Refugees and asylum seekers are much more likely to die or become seriously ill than the general population because of barriers they face in accessing timely heath care, according to a new expert panel formed to address the issue. Compared…

A new study dissects how and why organisations choose to portray refugees and asylum seekers through images. The analysis has revealed new insights into organisations decision making process and what they hope to achieve with particular representations. The recently published…

Wealthy nations are failing to do their fair share in giving sanctuary to Syrian refugees, with just 1.39 per cent having been resettled by first world countries, according to a new report by Oxfam. Oxfam’s analysis came as Syria’s civil…

Migration is a major driver of social and economic change in the Asia Pacific region but the economic gains from migration are often overlooked, according to a new UN report which also calls for policies promoting greater regional cooperation on…

March 17 2016 – for immediate release New migrants are finding it harder than they expect to find suitable work in Australia and low levels of English and a lack of local experience are the biggest barriers, a new study…

In the freezing temperatures and heavy downpours female refugees are left stranded at the Greece-Macedonia border, pleading with authorities to open the gates. “Open the border, please, open door, please, we want to be safe, we want to be safe,…

New Assistant Multicultural Affairs Minister Craig Laundy has launched an impassioned defence of multiculturalism, citing its cultural and economic benefits. Writing in The Australian newspaper this week, Minister Laundy hit back at conservative commentators who have called for the federal…

Australia is missing out on the skills and experience of tens of thousands of highly qualified women who arrive as the spouses or partners of skilled migrants because they struggle to find work, new research has found. A qualitative survey…

Migration by people to foreign countries has risen by 41 per cent over the last 15 years with 244 million people deciding to leave their homelands in 2015, according to a recent United Nations study. Of those, just 20 million…

A compelling and heart-wrenching image of a small child being passed under a barbed wire fence at the border between Serbia and Hungary has won the premier news image award for 2015. The winning image by Australian photographer Warren Richardson…