Government 'playing games' over asylum plan
A cut to the number of asylum seekers to be housed at the site is an "election ploy", warns a council leader. Source link
Finland moves to block asylum seekers from entering via Russia | Russia-Ukraine war News
The Nordic nation closed all border crossings with Finland last year after registering a surge in asylum seekers. Finland plans to adopt temporary legislation that…
UK plans to pay asylum seekers to move to Rwanda | Migration News
Plans are separate from the ‘Rwanda bill’, a stalled plan to forcibly deport most asylum seekers to the African country. The United Kingdom’s government is…
UK grants asylum to Palestinian citizen of Israel in ‘seismic’ U-turn | Israel War on Gaza News
Note: Hasan is a pseudonym. His real identity is not being disclosed for his protection. London, United Kingdom – The United Kingdom has granted asylum…
UK to pay failed asylum seekers to move to Rwanda
The Home Office is offering up to £3,000 to encourage people to relocate to the East African country. Source link
What is the UK's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda?
The UK government wants to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda but has faced legal hurdles. Source link
Child asylum seekers: Call for inquiry after ‘disturbing’ report
The report, which should have been published by the beginning of January, was among 13 finally made public last week, shortly after Mr Neal was…
UK to pay at least £370m to Rwanda for asylum deal
The figure, which covers a five-year period, is revealed in a report by the government's spending watchdog. Source link
Albania approves contested deal to hold asylum seekers for Italy | Migration News
Rights groups criticise agreement that could see up to 36,000 people a year held in Italian-run asylum-processing centres. Albania’s Parliament has approved a deal signed…
Senators race to release package of border policies, aid
WASHINGTON — Senators on Sunday raced to release a highly anticipated bill that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S.…
Senators reach deal on border policy bill. It faces uphill fight
WASHINGTON — Senate negotiators on Friday reached a deal on a proposal to overhaul the asylum system at the U.S. border with Mexico, clearing the way…
Matthew Bourne shifts ‘Romeo and Juliet’ into an asylum
Choreographer Matthew Bourne transposes Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” to an asylum for young people. Ostensibly disturbed, the inhabitants of the Verona Institute seem normal enough,…
Asylum officers rebel against Trump immigration policies they say are immoral, illegal
It took Doug Stephens two days to decide: He wasn’t going to implement President Trump’s latest policy to restrict immigration, known as Remain in Mexico.…
UK’s upper house votes to delay plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda | Refugees News
House of Lords defies Rishi Sunak by voting to delay ratification of treaty with Kigali. The United Kingdom’s upper house of parliament has voted to…
‘So sad and scared’: Asylum fears mount as White House hints at border deal | Migration News
Washington, DC – The White House has upped pressure on members of the United States Congress as it seeks a deal that could see aid…
West must resist ‘evil’ Putin and never back down – POLITICO
DAVOS, Switzerland — It feels like the 1930s all over again but with Russian leader Vladimir Putin playing the role of Hitler, U.K. Foreign Secretary…
Rishi Sunak faces vote on Britain’s Rwanda asylum plan as 60 MPs revolt
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative administration faces a crunch vote Wednesday in Parliament on a controversial bill to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda, part…
UK condemned over deeming India and Georgia ‘safe’ for people fleeing persecution
Plans to deem India and Georgia ‘safe’ countries to send people seeking asylum in the UK to are being fiercely criticised by migration organisations. Late…
Sinn Féin walks immigration tightrope toward power in Ireland – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. DUBLIN – For Sinn Féin chief Mary Lou McDonald to become Ireland’s next prime…
In 2024, Europe to hunt for new partners to offload asylum seekers | Migration
Eight years after the image of three-year-old Alan Kurdi lying facedown on a beach in Turkey shocked the world, pictures of asylum seekers’ lifeless bodies…