Lincoln Nebraska is famous for being the birthplace of Oscar winner Hilary Swank, former US Vice President Dick Cheney and talk show host Johnny Carson. It is Nebraska’s state capital and the home of Nevada State University and its ‘Cornhuskers’…

Like the tumblers on a poker machine the forces for and against Britain’s exit from the EU are realigning over and over again. And the truth is beginning to dawn on some of Britain’s most hardened ‘Brexiteers’ whether it is…

The first ever International Forum on Migration Statistics has kicked off in Paris. The Forum, organised jointly by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the UN’s Migration Agency, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and UN Department of…

A new study from Europe shows that cities with strong intercultural or multicultural integration have higher rates of well-being and quality of life. The year-long study, produced by the Council of Europe, is based on the Intercultural Cities Index, which…

The conversation around the Christmas lunch table can get problematic. For some, politics and religion are no-go zones. Many well-intentioned people sometimes don’t know all the facts about an issue. So if conversation this Christmas turns to the global refugee…

New research has called for the strengthening of media regulations in relation to race-based reporting to prevent discrimination and the perpetuation of negative stereotypes. The research, titled ‘Who Watches the Media’ and conducted by not-for-profit organisation All Together Now and…

For the first time since 1945, a far right political party is about to take control of the security and policing of a European state. The frightening development comes with members of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party (FPO) poised to take…

The percentage of Muslims among the population of Europe will continue to rise over the next thirty years whether borders are closed or not, according to a new report released by the Washington-based Pew Research Center. According to the report,…

Australia has experienced its ­largest increase in net migration in several years with 245,400 new arrivals in the 12 months to July, or an increase of 27 per cent over the previous year, according to the Australia Bureau of Statistics…

The United Nations refugee agency has urged Japan to resettle more asylum seekers putting pressure on one of the world’s wealthiest countries to help solve the global refugee crisis. The call came after Japan offered refugee status to just three…

The struggles of LGBTI refugees have been highlighted in a new photographic exhibition that has grabbed attention on social media around the globe. “Free to Be Me” is a new photo and essay series on display in New York that…

The UN’s top migration official has made an urgent call for “safe migration for a world on the move” as his organisation launched the 2018 World Migration report. Ambassador William Lacy Swing, Director General of IOM, the United Nations Migration…