Refugees

A community-led hiking program is introducing migrants to the bush, offering moments of connection, discovery and, for some, a sense of safety.

Anthony Albanese is refusing to be drawn on how much a program to remove people from Australia's northern waters using repurposed fishing boats is costing, saying it is a legacy project.

Polls suggest immigration has now overtaken the economy as British voters' top concern. 

With Sudan's El-Fasher captured by a militia accused of mass killings, those who escaped are suffering in a refugee camp and mourning the deaths of family and friends.

Australia is set to issue its one millionth refugee visa since 1947 in the coming weeks, in a humanitarian program that grew directly out the ashes of World War II.

The boat was carrying about 100 migrants, including Rohingya Muslims fleeing conflict, hunger and ethnic violence in Myanmar.

After escaping the Syrian civil war as a young boy, Mazen Al Jahed is one of thousands of South Australian students preparing for their year 12 exams.

On Thursday, the Trump administration announced its refugee policy would prioritise admitting Afrikaners, South Africa's white minority group.

The World Health Organization says the attack this week involved gunmen striking in several waves, abducting doctors and nurses, gunning down staff, patients and people sheltering there.

The UN and others are condemning paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which reportedly attacked civilians as it moved to seize new territory in the North African country.

Human rights groups and politicians say a deal between Nauru and Australia aimed at sending hundreds of former detainees to the Pacific island is "shrouded in secrecy".

The head of the Irish police service condemns what he has called "thuggery" by "a mob intent on violence".

Mohammed Mustafa and Nour Dalloul got married while bombs exploded around them. Now their war-torn love, forged in the emergency rooms of a Gazan hospital, has found a home in Australia.

Australian-based players headline the Afghan women's refugee football team preparing to play for the first time since the Taliban takeover in 2021, but they're still pushing for greater autonomy over their future.

After fleeing Afghanistan, many refugees in Pakistan are at risk of being deported back amid a crackdown on temporary cardholders as they wait for humanitarian visas from Australia.

Tim Buxton is returning to northern Iraq where he lived and worked during some of the region's most tumultuous times in recent history.

Susan Dahal is finally able to apply to reunite with her children, but the Refugee Council of Australia says the process is "cruel" and not designed for refugees.

Ararat, like most regional towns, has an ageing population and a drift of young people to the cities. But a migrant resettlement program is reinvigorating the town.

Afghan Australians are rallying to raise funds after a deadly earthquake left more than 1,000 people dead and entire villages in eastern Afghanistan in ruins. 

A history expert says this Australian National Flag Day there should be pause for concern in the wake of the anti-immigration rallies at the weekend.