Asylum seeker
France Will Set Up ‘hotspots’ In Libya To Find Genuine Asylum Seekers
French president Emmanuel Macron has announced his country will set up processing 'hotspots' in Libya for asylum...
Germany’s Ambivalence Over Refugees Hit Big Screens
The biggest grossing German movie last year was a fizzy feel-good summer comedy about the country's refugee influx,...
Boat Refugees To Leave PNG Despite US Uncertainty
Hundreds of refugees being held at a remote Papua New Guinea detention camp will be moved by October despite...
Four Albanian Migrants Are Caught Trying To FLY To Britain From Calais
Four Albanian migrants tried to fly from France to Britain in a light aircraft, in what is believed to be a first,...
Refugee Fears Over Australia-US Resettlement Plan
The abrupt departure of American officials from an Australian Pacific island refugee camp has fanned fears among...
Afghan Charged Over Smuggling Asylum-Seekers To Australia
An Afghan man who reportedly made millions of dollars smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia by boat has been extradited...
France To Boost Refugee Aid, Deport Economic Migrants
France will cut processing time for asylum requests and boost housing for refugees while "systematically" deporting...
Ghanaian Woman In South Africa Marches For Refugee Rights
A Ghanaian refugee in South Africa marched in a group with other refugees to the office of the UN High Commissioner...
SA and UNHCR To Mark World Refugees Day With Tolerance Exercises
The Department of Home Affairs and United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNHCR) have announced that they will...
Ghanaian Found Dead Near Manitoba Border Reportedly Trying To Reunite With Daughter
It was the scenario that residents of Emerson, Man., had been fearing for months — that someone among the throngs who...
Germany Suspends Afghan Refugee Deportations After Kabul Attack
Germany has temporarily suspended the group deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers following the Kabul truck...
Ghanaian Woman Dies of Hypothermia Trying To Cross US-Canada Border
A 57-year-old woman believed to be from Ghana was found dead near the U. S.-Manitoba border last week after officials...
In Swedish Asylum Limbo, Young Afghans Turn To Heroin
Beer cans, newspapers drenched in vomit and aluminium foil litters the ground inside a parking garage where young...
Greece, Germany Agree To Slow Refugee Family Reunification
Greece and Germany have agreed to slow the reunification of refugee families divided between the two nations during...
UN Refugee Chief Urges Libya To Free Refugees and Asylum Seekers
The head of the United Nations refugee agency on Sunday urged Libyan authorities to free all asylum seekers and...
Australia Declares Game-Up For ‘fake Refugees’
Australia Sunday gave 7,500 boatpeople until October to prove they are genuine refugees or be kicked out, declaring the...
Ghanaian Asylum Seeker Wins Case To Stay In Canada
A Ghanaian asylum seeker who lost his fingers to frostbite while crossing into Manitoba from the U. S. on Christmas Eve...
Growing African Repression Causing Migrant Exodus
African countries are becoming increasingly repressive and causing more people to leave their homes, British charity...
Japan Tough To Crack For Refugees
It has been a decade since Liliane last saw her little girl. She fled Africa in fear for her life, leaving behind...