Why do so few New Caledonians migrate to France despite holding French passports? Economic, historical and social factors ...

In Papua New Guinea, young people are coming of age amid rapid social change. Globalisation, digital media and shifting social norms are reshaping how youth understand relationships, gender roles, ...

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Exploring community indifference to language loss in Papua New Guinea and its implications for linguistic research.

Between July and December of last year, the number of Pacific Engagement Visas (PEVs) granted to individuals selected in the 2024 ballot climbed from 1,188 to 1,776. That means the success rate for ...

When a 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck Vanuatu in 2024, nearly 80,000 people — roughly one quarter of the population — were affected: lives lost, families displaced, homes reduced to rubble. Severely ...

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The Pacific Labour Mobility Survey (PLMS) covers households in three Pacific countries – Tonga, Kiribati and Vanuatu – and workers in Australia’s Seasonal Worker Program (SWP) and Pacific Labour ...

This report shares key findings from the first wave of the Pacific Labour Mobility Survey (PLMS). The PLMS is a new multi-country Pacific migration survey covering workers in three different schemes ...

This report sheds light on the nature of political will towards anti-corruption reform in PNG, through a rapid political economy analysis approach, with a view to informing and improving policy ...

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