Setarah Qasimi is a quietly spoken girl from a humble background who has big dreams. The Afghan refugee has a passion for soccer and wants to play for the Matildas. Sam Kerr is her personal heroine and she is looking…

Title 42, the Trump-era border control measure brought in during the COVID-19 pandemic, has been lifted by the US Government but confusion still characterises US asylum arrangements. The end of Title 42 saw a rush of asylum seekers and migrants…

The United Arab Emirates has been accused of arbitrarily detaining at least 2,400 Afghan asylum seekers who were evacuated from Kabul following the Taliban’s takeover in August 2021. The NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Afghans, who include children,…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugee Filippo Grandi has outlined a new and multi-faceted approach to deal with the global challenge of forced displacement. Speaking at the University of Melbourne’s Law School last week, Mr Grandi described his vision…

A Syrian refugee who arrived in Germany in 2015 after fleeing the civil war in his homeland has become the mayor of a German village. Ryyan Alshebl, 29, won a mayoral election in Ostelsheim, a small municipality of about 2500…

Afghan families evacuated from of Kabul as it fell to the Taliban 18 months ago are feeling welcome, safe and confident about their futures, a new survey has found. Among the things they value about life in Australia are security…

The latest US Congress is the most ethnically diverse in history with as many as a quarter of voting members identifying as other than non-Hispanic White. Overall, 133 senators and representatives today identify as Black, Hispanic, Asian American, American Indian…

“Finally there is hope for us”. That’s how Afghan asylum seeker Obaidullah Mehak described the recent move by the federal government to grant permanent visas to 19,000 people seeking asylum in Australia. “There is hope finally but it has cost…

Australians from non-English-speaking migrant backgrounds have a lower prevalence of long-term health conditions than other Australians, according to a new research. A new study by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) does however show that some groups of…

Syrian asylum seeker and café operator Nayran Tabiei has lived in uncertainty for 11 years. Forced to flee Iran and Syria as refugees, she and her husband Majid Rezai along with daughter Alnour, arrived in Australia in 2012 as asylum…

A large majority of migrants and refugees new to Australia plan to become citizens and believe it is important to celebrate Australia Day, according to a new survey. Most newcomers say they plan to mark the day in some way…

It’s Thursday morning in a warehouse on the northern outskirts of Melbourne and a sophisticated logistics operation is underway. Highly specific bespoke orders are coming in and a variety of goods are being sourced and packaged according individual customer profiles…