On Holocaust Memorial Day, Donald Trump took to his desk to instruct his government to keep refugees out.
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The 60,000 people currently stuck in Greece will probably have to stay there. The EU should help them integrate.
Several countries across Africa are overburdened by a lack of space and financial support for refugees.
As the former UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Guterres could promote a more unified approach to helping the displaced.
The UN’s Charter legally binds it to promote gender equality, but guess what: yes, it’s a man again.
Maintaining a large refugee population when the country is struggling to deal with its own challenges is a big ask
Reports of abuse on Nauru should provide a flashpoint for the Turnbull government to reassess its asylum-seeker policies before more serious harm is inflicted on Australia’s international standing.
Was Immigration Minister Peter Dutton right about refugees’ literacy and numeracy?
Australia’s policy to stop the flow of asylum seeker boats to its shores has increased the number of refugees stranded in Indonesia.
The sheer volume of major humanitarian disasters is stopping us from making genuine changes to the way we respond.
When asked about a plan to resettle an extra 12,000 refugees in Australia, Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi said that the UNHCR determines who is going to be sent to Australia or not. Is that right?
Baddawi camp has been host to Palestinian refugees for years. Now Syrians fleeing their homeland are joining them, how is everyone coping?
Although Africa is familiar with large-scale refugee crises, it is uncommon for it to host people seeking protection from outside the continent, as is the case with thousands of Yemeni refugees.
There is no sound reason why 13,000 should remain the benchmark number for discussions of how many refugees Australia should take.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that Australia takes more refugees than any other through the UNHCR on a per capita basis. Is that right?
Globally, evidence points to children becoming less active because they would rather play computer games than be outdoors.
A summit in Bangkok is discussing the fate of thousands of people who were stranded at sea. Australia is represented but refuses to resettle any refugees, casting doubt on its commitment to a regional solution.
The political rhetoric would suggest that asylum seekers are deserving and economic migrants are undeserving. Yet their motivations overlap and are complex – forced migrants do not fit easily into one category.
Australia may have ‘stopped the boats’ but the tragedy of people drowning at sea continues to our north and is getting worse. A regional solution to the refugee crisis is urgently needed.
This is not about people smuggling, it’s about a displacement crisis of unprecedented proportions.
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