The governing Labour party has pledged to hire more asylum caseworkers and set up a new returns and enforcement unit to fast-track removals...

Britain is set to deny asylum to foreign nationals convicted of sex offences. The new Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill aims to ...

The European Commission has proposed accelerating the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum by introducing key measures, including the first EU l...

The European Union's asylum agency reported over 1 million asylum applications in 2024, with Syrians, Afghans, and Venezuelans being the to...

The UK government reported removing 16,400 illegal migrants, achieving the highest rate since 2018. Enforced returns increased by 24%, incl...

Canada has initiated a global online ad campaign to inform potential asylum-seekers of the challenges in making a claim, as part of a wider...

The number of British visas granted to foreign health and care workers, as well as to the family members of international students, has sha...

The government's assertion of clearing the asylum backlog faces dispute as 99,000 cases remain unresolved, contradicting claims by Home Sec...

Many immigration advocates, including some Democrats, say some of the changes being proposed would gut protections for people who desperate...

The backlog of asylum applications in the UK has reached a record high, with over 134,000 applications awaiting a decision. The number of a...

By the end of next year, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pledged to hire more personnel to help reduce the backlog of asylum requests in ...

With outbreaks of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and diphtheria among the immigrants, Conservative Party MP Sir Roger G...

Sunak said he would tighten the statutory definition of who qualifies for asylum in his first 100 days in office, and fight the European Co...

The United States has announced the expansion of its "premium processing" service to include applicants for an Employment Authorization Doc...

The reason behind Indians seeking asylum in the US can be "unemployment or intolerance", says director of North American Punjabi Associatio...

The "troubled" UK Border Agency is to be scrapped and split into two parts reporting directly to the Home Office, British Home Secretary Th...

Migrants are to lose their right to benefits after six months unless they "have a genuine chance of finding work", Cameron wrote in an arti...