Government considering sending failed asylum seekers to Balkans
Failed asylum seekers could be sent to the Balkans under plans being considered by the government.Home Office officials have discussed proposals to set up overseas…
Foreign crooks and failed asylum seekers face deportation crackdown as ministers target human rights loopholes
A REVIEW of loopholes in the European Convention on Human Rights could make it harder for foreign crooks and failed asylum seekers to stay.The Home…
Venezuelan couple are charged with illegal entry — two years after crossing into U.S.
WASHINGTON — A couple from Venezuela were arrested by federal immigration agents this week and charged with misdemeanor illegal entry, more than two years after their arrival…
Trump administration relaunches CBP One asylum app for ‘self-deportation’ | Donald Trump News
The administration of President Donald Trump has revealed it has overhauled the online application known as CBP One, which was formerly used to process asylum…
Homeland Security overhauls asylum phone app for ‘self-deportation’
The Trump administration has unveiled an overhauled cellphone app once used to let migrants apply for asylum, turning it into a system that allows people…
Panama to formalize smuggling boat route to handle ‘reverse flow’
PANAMA CITY — Panama said Tuesday that it’s working to formalize a route long favored to smuggle migrants on the way to the United States, which is…
Left in the lurch: Asylum seekers respond to Trump’s CBP One cancellation | Donald Trump News
Sister Maria Tello Claro, the director of Casa del Migrante, explained that the mood at her shelter has turned to sadness and anguish since Trump’s…
Migrants welcomed under Biden fearful as Trump targets legal immigration programs
WASHINGTON — Maria Eugenia Torres Ramirez never sought to reside in the United States illegally. A political activist from Venezuela who fiercely opposes President Nicolas Maduro, she…
International rugby player jailed for raping woman after saying he was gay to get asylum in UK
AN international rugby player has been jailed for raping a woman — after saying he was gay to get asylum here.Uganda winger Philip Pariyo, 32,…
‘We will not stand idly’: Rights groups file suit against Trump asylum ban | Donald Trump News
Washington, DC – Several immigrant rights groups in the United States, as well as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), have filed a lawsuit challenging…
Trump’s orders have upended immigration. What legal routes remain?
Promising the largest deportation effort in U.S. history, President Trump, in his first days in office, has released a dramatic series of executive orders and…
Confusion, denial at border, as path to U.S. asylum shuts down
TIJUANA — Outside the white gates that secure the entry to this Tijuana customs facility, a steppingstone to U.S. soil, migrants sat on a sidewalk in…
Australia violated rights of asylum seekers held in Nauru, UN watchdog says | Human Rights News
UN Human Rights Committee ruling covers cases involving 25 refugees who endured years of arbitrary detention.The Australian government violated a human rights treaty by detaining…
Poland snubs Hungary's Orban in row over granting of asylum to fugitive minister
Poland removed Viktor Orban and other top Hungarian officials from the guest list for a gala event Friday to mark the handover of the rotating…
‘Climate of terror’: New York’s migrants and asylum seekers brace for Trump | Donald Trump News
Manhattan, New York – On a brisk autumn day, Diana Zarate stood on a New York City sidewalk, surrounded by a clump of her family’s…
Why is Europe pausing Syrian asylum claims after al-Assad’s fall? | Syria’s War News
“Wir schaffen das!” or “We can do it!” said former German Chancellor Angela Merkel nine years ago, when she proclaimed that Germany and Europe had…
UN urges patience as European countries suspend Syrian asylum decisions | Syria’s War News
UN refugee agency chief says returning refuges to Syria after fall of Bashar al-Assad should be ‘voluntary’ and ‘safe’.The United Nations high commissioner for refugees…
Russia gave asylum to deposed Syrian President al-Assad, Kremlin confirms | Bashar al-Assad News
The decision to grant asylum to Bashar al-Assad comes amid concerns over Russian military bases in Syria.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has confirmed that removed Syrian…
Court ruling is setback for Italy’s plan to send asylum seekers to Albania | Migration News
Under the deal, people from ‘safe’ countries are to be held in Albania while their claims for asylum are processed.Seven asylum seekers have been sent…
Levin and Gunderson in tight race for California’s 49th Congressional District
The race between Democratic Rep. Mike Levin and his Republican challenger Matt Gunderson for California’s 49th Congressional District in San Diego and Orange counties remained…