Country: World Source: International Organization for Migration The imminent end of an EU programme, and the funding gap, raise deep concerns about the fates of tens of thousands of vulnerable men, women and children, says IOM Director General António Vitorino.

As the planet keeps on heating up, any global temperature beyond a warming of 2°C in coming decades would be catastrophic for life on Earth as we’ve known it. The trouble is that we are on course to a warming of as much as 3°C by century’s end, according to […]

The Morrison Government’s first major workplace reform Bill was introduced into Federal Parliament on 9 December 2020.  The Fair Work Amendment (Supporting Australia’s Jobs and Economic Recovery) Bill 2020 (the Omnibus Bill) does not represent an overhaul of workplace laws, but applies touch paint to key aspects of the former […]

The world’s Small Island Developing States (SIDS) face special food-security strains due to climate change, rising oceans, and high reliance on food imports and tourism, which have declined sharply due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaders of island states said at a dialogue organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of […]

The Covid crisis has exposed existing and persistent inequalities globally. In recovery and rebuilding efforts, how can inequality be at the forefront.

Background The European Union (EU) has a blacklist of countries that do not meet the EU’s criteria on tax transparency, fair taxation, and the implementation of measures to counteract base erosion of profit shifting (BEPS). The EU’s efforts to combat tax evasion go beyond the jurisdiction of the EU. The […]