Australia should streamline its response to humanitarian crises around the globe by introducing a new dedicated ‘emergency visa’, a new report recommends. Researchers Professor Jane McAdam and Doctor Regina Jefferies, of the Kaldor Centre’s Evacuations Research Hub, have called for…

Melbourne’s Syrian community recently showcased its culture and traditions at an event in Melbourne’s northern suburbs. The Zenobia Association welcomed more than a hundred people to its Syrian Lammeh (‘Syrian Gathering’) celebration. The event aimed to introduce Syrian culture and…

Humanitarian aid workers on the frontlines of the world’s conflicts are being killed in record numbers, a new report reveals. With 280 aid workers killed in 33 countries last year, 2023 marked the deadliest year on record for the global…

As international migration shapes as a key issue in the upcoming US presidential election, a new report shows that many American states would lose population without it. Among the states that would have shrunk in 2023 without legal migration are…

Homelessness among refugee families in the UK has risen by almost 350 per cent, new data from the UK government shows. The report identified 4,840 families who have been granted refugee status were homeless between January and March this year,…

More than three million people are now internally displaced in Ethiopia, according to a new UN report. The latest National Displacement Report by the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) show that most – 69 per cent…

Australia has ranked among the most desirable migration destinations in the world, according to a survey by the Economic Times magazine. The magazine said Australia ranked second with over 1.2 million relocation internet searches registered. “The attractiveness of the nation…

Half of UK citizens and almost two-thirds of Labor voters support the introduction of visas that would allow asylum seekers to travel safely to the UK rather than crossing the English Channel illegally, a survey has found. The British Future…

As the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine continue to dominate news headlines, it is easy to forget that there are an unprecedented number of other crises around the globe fuelling record human displacement. These conflicts are driving humanitarian crises that…

Seeing injustice in her own Afghan community has driven Helena Hassani to become one of Australia’s leading experts and advocates against child and forced marriage. She and her family arrived in Australian in 2009 after a decade as asylum seekers…

An innovative new initiative is helping people from diverse and marginalised communities embark on rewarding careers. Spark, an alliance of construction and infrastructure companies working on Victoria’s Big Build, is offering opportunities to migrants, refugees and asylum seekers as well…

Migrants and refugees are settling well in Australia with high levels of English language proficiency, citizenship take up and entrepreneurialism, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Migrants are less likely to be receiving unemployment…