Refugees on the Balkan Route Europe’s Nameless Dead
They freeze to death in the forests and drown in the rivers: Many of the migrants who die on the Balkan route are never identified. Relatives are desperately searching for […]
When asylum seekers are attacked, don’t be surprised: the UK system ensures that will happen
OpinionImmigration and asylum Daniel Trilling The violence in Knowsley is symptomatic of a dysfunctional approach that makes vulnerable refugees even more vulnerable Thu 16 Feb 2023 Friends of Firsat Dag, […]
After a year of waiting, our asylum application has been refused – I will appeal, but still can’t work
The heat or eat diariesImmigration and asylum Paul The Home Office does not believe I am who I say I am. Meanwhile, my pregnant wife and I have £80 a […]
Relocating UK’s migrants to Rwanda will not work
MOHAMED CHEBARO June 08, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/yqtez The first flight carrying asylum seekers and migrants from the UK to Rwanda was initially due to remove dozens for processing in […]
Aisha Sultan: Going back to where you came from
By Aisha Sultan | July 25, 2019 A few years ago I went back to visit the country from where my parents had immigrated to America. It’s in […]
Rahaf al-Qunun: Saudi teen refugee arrives in Canada
Source: BBC News A Saudi teenager who fled her family alleging abuse and got stranded at a Bangkok airport has arrived in Canada after being granted asylum there. Rahaf Mohammed […]
Aasia Bibi: British imams join calls for UK to give asylum
Source: BBC News Three British imams have joined calls for the UK to offer asylum to Asia Bibi, the Pakistani Christian woman recently acquitted of blasphemy. It comes after former […]
Qatar: Gulf’s First Refugee Asylum Law . Positive Step, But Unnecessary Rights Restrictions
Qatar: Gulf’s First Refugee Asylum Law Positive Step, But Unnecessary Rights Restrictions (Beirut) – Qatar’s emir signed into law in September 2018 the Gulf region’s first law setting out […]
Western countries must give Asia Bibi asylum, say Christian campaigners
Source: CT ReutersBibi’s daughters pose with an image of their mother while standing outside their residence in Sheikhupura located in Pakistan’s Punjab Province. Christians campaigning for the release of Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman on death row for blasphemy, are calling upon Western countries to offer her asylum. The […]
Vietnamese asylum seeker pleads to stay in Australia with baby daughter
Source: The Guardian A Vietnamese asylum seeker faces an anxious wait to learn if a Melbourne judge will support her proposed deportation and separation from her baby daughter. Huyen Tran, 29, arrived […]
Australia’s New Rule for Asylum Seekers Makes Ramadan Even Harder
Source: The New York Times By Sarah Malik May 28, 2018 SYDNEY, Australia — For hundreds of Muslim asylum seekers being held in Australian detention facilities, Ramadan this year has […]
Nearly 10 anti-migrant attacks a day in Germany:
Source: ET BERLIN: Germany saw more than 3,500 attacks against refugees and asylum shelters last year, interior ministry data showed, amounting to nearly 10 acts of anti-migrant violence a day as the country grapples with a record influx of newcomers. The assaults left 560 people injured, including 43 children, the […]
Why religious persecution can be hard to test
Economist: WHEN a newly arrived migrant seeks asylum on grounds that going home would mean facing religous persecution, how can the host country test the sincerity of that claim? That is a hard question, especially if the migrant has only recently converted to a different faith. It’s also a very […]
Switzerland: Asylum seekers lose status over home visits
IMMIGRATION Asylum seekers lose status over home visits JUL 3, 2016 – 11:07 Anyone applying for asylum in Switzerland is not allowed to return to their country of origin. If they do so, they risk losing their recognised status as a refugee (Keystone) Almost 200 asylum seekers lost their official […]
Suspected jihadist will not recover Swiss passport
FIGHTING TERRORISM FEB 11, 2016 – 15:52 The young man’s identity has not been made public. (Keystone) The Swiss Federal Criminal Court has upheld the decision of the Swiss Attorney General’s Office to confiscate the Swiss passport and identifying documents of an alleged Swiss-Lebanese jihadist. He was arrested at Zurich […]
Julian Assange is being ‘arbitrarily held’, UN panel to say
Source: BBC A UN panel will conclude Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is being “arbitrarily detained” in the UK, the Swedish foreign ministry has said. Mr Assange, 44, claimed asylum in London’s Ecuadorean embassy in 2012. He wants to avoid extradition to Sweden over a rape claim, which he denies. The […]
Asylum seekers made to wear coloured wristbands in Cardiff
Source: The Gaurdian Asylum seekers in Cardiff are being issued with brightly coloured wristbands that they must wear at all times, in a move which echoes the “red door” controversy […]
Video: MINI HOMES: Ikea units brought in for asylum seekers
For the video please click here OCT 30, 2015 – 16:00 Canton Aargau is short of asylum shelters. The authorities now want to set up mobile Ikea units as temporary homes for 300 people. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The units are small, but easy to install. They offer space for at least four […]