Data around the global flow of refugees and displaced people, which currently amounts to around 120 million people, may be flawed, a new study suggests. The research, led by social and political scientists at the University of California, suggests “empirical…

Refugees resettled in Australia are seeing improvements in their physical, mental and social well-being, new research suggests. The study, led by researchers at University of Technology Sydney (UTS), looked at the relationship between health assets and the health and welfare…

Australian actor Cate Blanchett is the driving force behind the newly launched Displacement Film Fund, which helps refugee filmmakers tell their stories. The fund was firstly developed by Blanchett and other UNHCR supporters. “We were talking about how refugees, asylum…

Americans consider religion as a more significant part of US society and identity than people in most other high-income countries, a new study suggests. Researchers at the Washington-based think tank the Pew Research Center surveyed almost 55,000 people from 35…

More than a million people are now internally displaced in Haiti, according to alarming new figures released by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The latest data reveals that 1,041,000 people, many displaced multiple times, are struggling amidst an intensifying…

2024 was a dire year for conflict and human displacement with a record number of wars fuelling humanitarian crises and displacement globally, according to a new report. The ‘Global Peace Index’ report, by the Sydney and London-based think tank the…

Migration saw Australia gain 446,000 people over the 2023-24 financial year, new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) show. The figure was a decrease from the record 536,000 people who arrived in the previous year but higher than…

More than 4.5 million migrants and refugees from Venezuela have obtained regular status in 17 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2019, according to the United Nations.   Praising reginal governments, the UN said the number was achieved…

A compelling new book tells the inspirational stories of second-generation migrant Australians, who share their families’ settlement journeys and their own search for identity. Titled ‘At the Heart of Identity’, the book reveals the both inspirational and heart-wrenching stories of…

The election of Donald Trump as US President could have a disastrous impact on humanitarian and refugee relief efforts around the globe, agencies and NGOs are claiming. Among Trump’s election campaign promises were an end to irregular immigration to the…

Issues around migrants and refugees can be divisive and the negative rhetoric can ramp up as elections approach. Often, groups or parties weaponise these issues to achieve their political goals and it can be difficult to counter the emotive, negative…

The Kenyan government is under fire over its asylum policy after four refugees were returned to Turkey from Kenya and the nation’s queer community condemned the government’s policy of discriminating against LGBTQ asylum seekers. The UN refugee agency UNHCR has…