Refugees
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Lives at risk in PNG and Nauru as Labor persists with 11 failed years of offshore detention
A damning, exclusive health report released today by the ASRC serves as further evidence the Australian Government’s offshore detention policy…
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Regions can benefit from untapped skilled refugee pool
Management consultant Fadi Chalouhy is the first stateless person in the world to get a skilled migrant visa and since…
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How is this possible. How is this possible. How is this possible.
Over the last 5 weeks, I developed a friendship with a woman in Gaza. Her name will be W. Isabelle…
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Three Burials by Anders Lustgarten review – a madcap satire on the refugee crisis
With his debut novel, the British playwright Anders Lustgarten proves Orwell’s dictum that “to be funny, indeed, you have got…
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Ethnic Cleansing in West Darfur
Thousands Killed, Half Million Remain Displaced. Attacks by the Rapid Support Forces and allied militias in El Geneina, capital of…
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Could the EU-Lebanon aid deal backfire on Syrian refugees?
But there’s concern it’ll be counterproductive and increase irregular migration. Cathrin Schaer Deutsche Welle Shortly after last week’s €1 billion ($1.08…
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George Bizos ICON – Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Auckland.
Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Auckland friends & colleagues, ” George Bizos ICON ” An 87 minute Documentary The touching story…
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Red Cross official seeks staggered return of Afghans from Pakistan
Changes are being urged to plans for returning thousands of Afghan citizens from Pakistan to make the process more effective.…
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Armenia Struggles to Cope with Exodus from Nagorno-Karabakh
Yerevan has tried to be generous, but it lacks funds and a long-term plan, leaving the displaced people exposed and…
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By boat or by plane? If you’re seeking asylum in Australia, the outcome is similarly bleak
This revived dormant debates about border security. Savitri Taylor The Conversation People without visas come to Australia by air and…
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Surviving the War in Gaza
“We are still alive”, Azmi said in a voice message, after enduring the terrors of another night of bombardment in…
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Refugees Show Simple Acts of Kindness Despite Trauma, Loss
“They Whipped Us,” One Young Refugee Said. Then He Showed Me His Own Generosity. Bill Frelick USA Today HRW Small…
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‘Nobody can disturb us here’: Refugees start afresh in Manchester thanks to charity’s support
At the end of a quiet cul-de-sac 10 minutes drive from Manchestercity centre is a house with a white front…
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How a Syrian refugee is standing up to brutal Croatian pushbacks in court
A Syrian refugee who secretly filmed Croatian border guards beating his travel companions is to take Croatia’s authorities to the European…
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Eurasia’s Forgotten Conflict
Last week, representatives from the Armenian and Azerbaijani governments met to discuss the delimitation of their borders, where they debated the Nagorno-Karabakh…
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The indefinite detention of people seeking asylum in Australia is at an end
In all of the heated, political imbroglio that has surrounded the discussion of the release of some 150 asylum seekers…
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