Former Afghan military personnel who fought alongside British troops are being threatened with deportation to Rwanda after seeking asylum in the UK. One is an army colonel who fought alongside British troops and fled to the UK on a small…

Burmese refugee Dr Kyaw* was looking forward to successful medical career in his homeland when his world was turned upside down. A doctor in Myanmar’s largest city, Yangon, Kyaw was set to become a medical specialist and had dreams of…

When tech entrepreneur and philanthropist John Cameron met a young Kurdish refugee who was working with Amnesty International it was a light bulb moment. “At a dinner hosted by Amnesty, I met a young man who was working with the…

Adult and community education is an important pathway for newly arrived migrants and refugees starting their lives in Australia, a major conference has heard. Adult and community education (ACE) provides benefits to people from diverse backgrounds through foundation skills such…

More than 50 refugees and asylum seekers have been placed into jobs and cadetships supporting Victoria’s big build. Migrant and refugee settlement agency AMES Australia, in partnership with government agencies, contractors and consortiums working on Victoria’s major infrastructure projects, has…

Titan and Adriana are both figures from Greek mythology. They are also the names of two vessels recently lost at sea, four days and 6,400 miles apart. The five men who lost their lives on the Titan have been getting…

The UK government’s controversial plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda is has been blocked by an appeal court in what is a blow to the Conservative government’s vow to stop migrants crossing the English Channel in boats. The ruling by…

The world’s largest refugee camp at Kakuma in Kenya is reaching crisis point as thousands more refugees arrive after having fled conflicts in neighbouring countries. Local officials say the continued inflow of asylum seekers in instability-affected Central African countries, including…

A public debate has broken out in Japan over new laws that mean asylum seekers who have had their applications rejected three times can be deported from the country. The law was confirmed after a vote by the parliament’s lower…

A group of Syrian refugees who were trapped in Iraq for up to five years after fleeing the war in their homeland have finally arrived in Australia. The group, which comprises several families, fled to Erbil in the Kurdistan region…

Ukrainian refugee and telecoms engineer Nataliia Chilikina has been able to resume her career in Australia after having to flee her home as the Russians attacked. Nataliia fled Kharkiv in February 2021 as the city came under heavy bombardment. She…

A group physiotherapists and health professionals have been quietly supporting Ukrainian refugees to get the health support they need. The Ukrainians, who have fled the conflict in their homeland, faced long waits or out of pocket payments to access physiotherapy.…