The story behind the world's first private refugee sponsorship program
Dec 09, 2019 04:40 am UTC| Insights & Views
Forty years ago, an estimated three million Cambodian, Hmong, Laotian, Vietnamese and ethnic Chinese people fled their homes following the Indochina wars. Hundreds of thousands died. Many suffered brutal repression. Many...
Why some EU countries are struggling to relocate migrants
Dec 03, 2019 03:33 am UTC| Insights & Views
Irregular migrant entries within the European Union increased by 546 per cent in 2015. The instability in the Middle East, particularly the Syrian war, led to 1,015,078 sea arrivals on the Italian and Greek coasts. This...
What's happened to UK migration since the EU referendum – in four graphs
Dec 03, 2019 03:30 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Many of the analyses of why a majority of British voters opted to leave the European Union in a referendum in June 2016, have pointed to a desire to control immigration as a key driving factor. However, surveys since the...
Why Australia can no longer avoid responsibility for its citizens held in Syria
Nov 24, 2019 14:50 pm UTC| Insights & Views
The small number of Australians being held in prison camps in northern Syria has been an ongoing, albeit low-level, challenge for the Australian government. There are believed to be eight Australian fighters for the...
People seeking asylum can have a better life – lift the ban on work
Nov 24, 2019 14:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Seeking asylum is associated with many hardships. But one of the most significant is actually the challenge of finding meaningful ways to spend your time. People can find themselves waiting for an asylum decision for many...
Proposed asylum fees are part of a bid to make immigrants to the US fund their own red tape
Nov 19, 2019 03:51 am UTC| Insights & Views
The Trump administration wants to make people fleeing persecution in their home countries pay for something theyve long gotten for free: the right to apply for asylum in the United States. As an immigration attorney and...
Asylum seekers left 'desperate' and 'helpless' when they try to find work in Australia
Nov 05, 2019 02:26 am UTC| Insights & Views
Finding work can be a challenge for new migrants to Australia who often arrive with limited English skills and lack local contacts. But finding work for people seeking asylum can be even harder, as we found in a study...
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