Latest news: Refugees

Sonia Di Mezza is the newly appointed interim CEO of Migrant and Refugee Settlement Services (MARSS) Australia.

The ANU has created a new university consortium to help build pathways to higher education for refugees from around the world.

A protest vigil has been held for 12,000 refugees in limbo, with activists calling on the federal government to grant them permanent status.

When you think of refugees, you probably wouldn’t think of politicians. More like boat people, perhaps. Well, Dr Nilofar Ibrahimi was a member of parliament in Afghanistan for 12 years and a...

Italy's cabinet has announced a state of emergency on immigration following a "sharp rise" in flows across the Mediterranean, a statement says, in a move aimed at better management of migrant arrivals and repatriation facilities.

Refugee advocates have rallied outside Parliament House in Canberra calling on the federal government to provide more permanent visas.

Patrons of St Paul's Ginninderra Anglican Church have opened their home and community to a Ukrainian mother and daughter, who were left refugees following the holiday from hell.

Displaced Ukrainians have begun arriving on Australian soil, and Canberrans are being asked to welcome refugees into their own homes.

European Union foreign ministers are set to adopt a fresh package of sanctions against Belarus after more than a week of escalating tensions over migrants at the group's eastern border.

Migrants stranded inside Belarus have thrown rocks and branches at Polish border guards and used logs to try to break down a razor wire fence in new attempts to force their way into the European Union, authorities in Warsaw say.