asylum

Austria’s Kurz vows ‘no stop’ to deportations of Afghan asylum seekers after policewoman assaulted

“I wish the injured policewoman a speedy recovery,” Kurz said after the attack on Wednesday, as quoted by Austrian media.It’s…

3 years ago

‘Seek safety in the EU’: UK minister sends message to asylum seekers amid new migrant crisis

Speaking to Sky News on Wednesday, Home Office minister Victoria Atkins said it was clear that people arriving on British shores to…

3 years ago

Biden administration to allow denied asylum seekers to reapply in US as Trump-era ‘remain in Mexico’ rule ends

Asylum seekers whose requests were denied under a Trump-era policy will be allowed to return to the US to have…

3 years ago

Biden administration relaxes asylum rules, as Florida offers police to Texas & Arizona for immigration enforcement

Attorney General Merrick Garland issued a three-page legal opinion on Wednesday, revoking decisions by his predecessors Bill Barr and Jeff…

3 years ago

Denmark MP Messerschmidt shoots down UN & EU in row over his country’s bid to outsource asylum-seeker processing to Rwanda

Leading Danish politician Morten Messerschmidt has said out-of-touch historical agreements on migration should be torn up and renegotiated, after Denmark…

3 years ago

Home Office urged to investigate after media says asylum seekers subjected to sexual harassment & abuse in govt-run hotels

The government currently pays to house as many as 6,000 people in hotels as they await decisions on their claims…

3 years ago

DHS to bring over 25,000 asylum-seekers from Mexico after revoking Trump policy

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is planning to screen up to 300 people a day at two border crossings…

3 years ago

‘We’ll give him protection’: Mexican president promises asylum for Julian Assange

“Assange is a journalist and deserves a chance, I am in favor of pardoning him,” President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador…

3 years ago

‘Morally repugnant’ or outright ‘unlawful’? UK Home Office’s tough asylum policies face increased opposition

The scandal around the deportation of 50 Jamaicans (only 13 of whom eventually landed on the Caribbean island) has barely…

3 years ago

The grandson of Nazarbayev asked for political asylum in the UK

The grandson of the first President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev Aysultan Nazarbayev, who was trying to commit suicide and received…

4 years ago