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Thomas Birley: Man jailed for 9 years for arson at asylum seekers’ hotel in UK riots

A British man named Thomas Birley was jailed for nine years on Friday for arson at a hotel housing asylum seekers last month,...

Ban on issuance of Pakistani passports to asylum seekers challenged in SC

ISLAMABAD: The decision of ban on issuance of Pakistani passports to asylum seekers has been challenged in the Supreme Court (SC). Advocate Saim Chaudhry moved...

Canada shut its land border to asylum seekers

A deal Canada struck this year to stem the flow of asylum seekers entering from the U.S. was, at first glance, a quick success:...

70 Pakistani asylum seekers to be deported from Thailand

BANGKOK: Thai authorities have convicted 70 Pakistani asylum seekers of staying illegally in Thailand, as police intensify a crackdown on illegal immigration. The Taling Chan...

Austria asylum seekers to be denied apprenticeships

VIENNA: Austria will no longer allow asylum seekers to take up apprenticeship opportunities while their claims are being assessed, a policy reversal by the...

US top asylum-seekers’ destination in OECD in 2017

The United States -- facing massive controversy over immigration -- received more asylum requests than any other developed nation in 2017, overtaking Germany.

German free-meals charity bars new migrant clients

BERLIN: A German food bank said on Thursday it would temporarily stop accepting new non-German clients, citing a huge influx of migrants that was...

Japan took in 20 asylum seekers last year as nearly 20,000 applied

TOKYO: The number of asylum seekers in Japan grew 80 percent to a record 19,628 in 2017 - but only 20 were accepted, the...

Pope wears refugee ID bracelet in appeal for help for migrants

BOLOGNA, ITALY: Pope Francis on Sunday urged governments and people to do more to help migrants and not see them as enemies, wearing a...

Afghan charged over smuggling over 250 asylum seekers to Australia

SYDNEY: An Afghan man who reportedly made millions of dollars smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia by boat has been extradited from Indonesia and charged with...

Italy’s ‘anti-Trump’ bid to integrate migrants

BELLUNO, ITALY: As US President Donald Trump's anti-Muslim decree fuels a tumultuous global debate, Italy is quietly experimenting with an integration project to better...

US officials arrive in Australia to begin assessing asylum seekers

SYDNEY: US officials have arrived in Australia to begin assessing asylum seekers held on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island and Nauru for resettlement in...

Finland auctions vintage Soviet cars dumped by migrants at Arctic border

HELSINKI: Finland on Friday auctioned off scores of vintage albeit ramshackle Soviet-era cars abandoned by asylum-seekers who used them to cross the country's desolate Arctic border from Russia.

Austrian minister says migrants to EU should be kept on islands

VIENNA: Asylum seekers to the European Union should be held on islands rather than be allowed direct access to the continent, Austria's foreign minister has said.

German town bars asylum seekers from pool after harassment complaints

BORNHEIM, GERMANY: A western German town has barred adult male asylum seekers from its public indoor swimming pool after receiving complaints that some women were sexually harassed there.

Indonesia in talks with Australia about migrant island: report

JAKARTA: Indonesia is in talks with Australia about temporarily housing asylum-seekers stranded in Indonesia on an island in the archipelago if Canberra covers the cost, according to a report Friday.

UN says Sri Lanka illegally returning Pakistani asylum seekers

UNITED NATIONS:Sri Lanka must stop deporting Pakistani asylum seekers, a practice banned under international law, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Saturday.
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