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EU seeks to relax rules on turning away asylum seekersThe EU on Tuesday unveiled plans to make it easier to send asylum seekers to certain third countries, in the latest overhaul aimed at reduc...20 May, 2025, 06.03 PM IST- Asylum cases in Europe fell 11% last year: Here's look at the numbersThe European Union's asylum agency reported over 1 million asylum applications in 2024, with Syrians, Afghans, and Venezuelans being the to...03 Mar, 2025, 02.33 PM IST
- Switzerland suspends Syria asylum proceedings after Assad's fallSwitzerland has frozen asylum procedures for Syrians due to the changing political landscape after rebels seized Damascus and President Ass...10 Dec, 2024, 12.13 PM IST
- Some 3,50,000 people applied for asylum in Germany in 2023, up 51 per cent in a yearThe number of people applying for asylum in Germany last year rose to 3,51,915, an increase of 51.1 per cent compared with the year before....08 Jan, 2024, 06.26 PM IST
- How the EU is reshaping its asylum systemThe EU reached a landmark preliminary agreement on Wednesday to reform its laws on asylum-seekers and irregular migrants. - Solidarity mech...20 Dec, 2023, 05.52 PM IST
- EU claims a migration deal breakthrough after years of talksThe pact was touted as the answer to the EU's migration woes when it was made public in September 2020. The bloc's old rules collapsed in 2...20 Dec, 2023, 02.30 PM IST
- Local Councils granted permission to challenge opening of Asylum centers in High CourtThe High Court today allowed local councils to proceed with a legal challenge against the new asylum centers. The residents have claimed th...14 Jul, 2023, 07.32 PM IST
- Top EU court lashes Hungary over 'Stop Soros' migrant lawThe European Union's top court ruled that Hungary broke EU law by making it a criminal offence for people or organisations to help migrants...16 Nov, 2021, 04.53 PM IST
- EU ministers to weigh Afghan security, migrant challengesAfghans are among the biggest group of nationalities seeking sanctuary in Europe, after Syrians. According to some EU estimates, around 570...17 Aug, 2021, 05.55 PM IST
- Over 80 million people displaced, a 'bleak milestone': UNBy the end of 2019, 79.5 million people were living uprooted and displaced, including nearly 30 million refugees -- more than one percent o...09 Dec, 2020, 10.40 AM IST
- Citizenship Law: Providing no relief to the majority of asylum seekersMajority of the refugees in India come from three countries that are not included in the Citizenship (Amendment) Act — China, Sri Lanka and...21 Dec, 2019, 10.34 PM IST
- UN report: Over 7,000 people from India filed applications for asylum in US in 2017There were 197,146 refugees as at 2017 end in India and 10,519 asylum seekers with pending cases. There are about 40,391 asylum seekers fro...20 Jun, 2018, 01.16 PM IST
- Indians among top asylum-seekersIndia and China were the largest source countries of asylum-seekers (11% and 9%), followed by Fiji (8%), Iraq (7%) and Pakistan (6%). Refug...18 Jul, 2017, 11.06 AM IST
- Indians among top asylum-seekers, according to the International Migration Outlook 2017Indians have sought asylum in more than 40 countries for several years now, reveals data from the office of the United Nations High Commiss...18 Jul, 2017, 07.04 AM IST
- Asylum applications surge in AustriaAbout a third of the applications were made by women, while the main countries of origin were Afghanistan, Syria and Iran.23 May, 2016, 09.12 AM IST
- 2015 likely to record highest global forced displacement: UN2015 is likely to exceed all previous records of global displacement with at least five million people forced to flee their homes in the fi...18 Dec, 2015, 11.14 PM IST
- Conflict and persecution forced 42,500 people to leave their homes per day in 2014According to the records of the United Nations Refugee Agency, worldwide displacement in 2014 was at the highest level ever recorded.06 Sep, 2015, 09.30 AM IST
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