The ‘White Australia’ ideology was commercialised and used to sell things from soaps and games to pineapple slices.
Multicultural Research Library
While contemporary Australia is proud of its multicultural status, the White Australia policy shows this wasn’t always the case.
Food is delivered by the UN in South Sudan.
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Last month South Sudan announced a dramatic increase in the cost of aid-worker permits from $100 to $10,000. It’s now backtracked on the decision.
Syrian refugees on the Jordanian side of the border wait to enter a medical clinic in March 2017.
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Employing Syrian refugees is not the same as protecting them.
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Migrants keep going back to the vilified go-betweens that can get them construction jobs or domestic work.
Thengar Char, a flood-prone island that rose from the sea just 11 years ago. The Bangladeshi government wants to relocate thousands of Rohingya refugees here.
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The idea of relocating thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote flood-prone island would set a bad precedent for managing human rights crises.
Starting a new school can often feel overwhelming.
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Child refugees talk about their experience of transitioning into a new high school in Australia.
The Dadaab refugee complex, near the Kenya-Somalia border.
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Kenya says it will appeal a high court ruling blocking the closure of the Dadaab refugee camp. The country must now weigh national security against its international obligations.
UNDP in Europe and Central Asia
An influx of people seeking shelter from conflict has sharpened attitudes against groups which have been in Europe for centuries.
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Myanmar’s Rohingya issue has become a full-blown humanitarian crisis that affects all of southeast Asia. ASEAN nations would do well do move beyond their non-interference policy and help.
An Eritrean is searched at Rosenheim in Germany in 2015.
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Should the EU be giving money to repressive regimes to stop the flow of migrants?
The wife of a jailed opposition leader, during a rally to mark the third anniversary of his arrest in Caracas, Venezuela.
Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters
Venezuelans, fleeing hunger and repression at home, have surpassed Central Americans as the top US asylum-seekers.
Basque children fleeing the Spanish Civil War arriving in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1937.
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
There were mixed reactions to refugees from the Spanish Civil War and the Nazis by the British press.
Human rights groups have warned against returning Sri Lankan refugees back to their country.
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The Sri Lankan government has made little progress in providing accountability for wartime abuses.
Some migrants were returned to the Calais area in February.
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What has happened to former residents since the camp was closed in October 2016.
Khalil Ashawi/Reuters
Syrian refugees have been banned from the US for the next 120 days. Whatever happens next, the country they are fleeing will never be the same again.
A dozen or so families or their disabled members are deported from Australia every year.
Mohammed Salem/Reuters
There has been little recognition of how western governments furthered separation of families with disabled children, through immigration policies that ignored postwar humanitarian ideals.
Why do we lack empathy in certain situations?
PROFrancisco Schmidt
Research shows empathy itself does not have any limits. If it appears limited, it is because of people’s goals, values and choices.
Some of the global pressure points in 2017. Below is the analysis of each country, grouped by region.
The Conversation
As countries around the world deal with internal and international crises, the potential for faultlines to open is high.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a tough election year.
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When Germany goes to the polls in the second half of 2017, there is a chance that the status quo will prevail. This is a country that accepts the idea of a grand coalition led by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s…
Getting asylum seekers into jobs is the number one concern for Sweden.
Ints Kalnins/Reuters
Sweden is not suffering a crime wave because of immigrants, but there are real obstacles to overcome in getting refugees into employement.