asylum

As soon as she stepped onto Mexican soil this week, Venezuelan migrant Yuri Carolina Melendez downloaded the US government’s app to apply for asylum appointments. The CBP One app has been around, but as of Friday migrants in Mexico’s…
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A coalition of immigrant advocacy groups sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over President Joe Biden’s recent directive that effectively halts asylum claims at the southern border, saying it differs little from a similar move during…
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Japanese laws making it easier for the country to deport failed asylum seekers took effect Monday, with campaigners warning that the new system will put lives at risk. The world’s fourth largest economy has long been criticized for the…
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Further groups of asylum seekers arrived on Wednesday at Finland’s southeastern border via Russia, part of a sudden surge that the president said appeared to be Russian revenge for his country’s defense cooperation with the United States.…
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Children seeking asylum in the UK are being forced to share hotel rooms with adults as a result of the Home Office’s new “maximization” program, The Guardian newspaper reported on Monday. The policy aims to double the capacity in hotels…
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The head of the Church of England on Wednesday condemned a British government bill that would dramatically curb migrants’ ability to seek asylum in the UK, calling the policy “isolationist, morally unacceptable and politically impractical.”…
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A former leader of the governing Conservative Party has joined a campaign urging UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to do more to help former Afghan servicemen seeking refuge in Britain. Sir Iain Duncan Smith said there needs to be greater…
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Asylum seekers in the UK face being held in camps on abandoned military bases and on disused ferries under government plans, reports say. Sources told the BBC that former bases in Lincolnshire and Essex are to be confirmed next week and…
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US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced a plan to close a loophole to an immigration agreement that has allowed thousands of asylum-seeking immigrants to move between the two countries along a…
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The leader of the UK’s Green Party on Monday tore up her copy of the government’s Illegal Migrant Bill during an emotional speech in the House of Commons. Calling the legislation “immoral, deeply cruel and divisive,” Caroline Lucas said…
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