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Trump's toughest immigration opponent isn't the Democrats. It's the courtsDonald Trump's push to reshape US immigration policy repeatedly ran into resistance not from Democrats, but from the courts. From DACA and ...- EU paves way to allow migrant deportations to centres outside blocEuropean Union lawmakers and governments have agreed on new rules. These rules permit sending rejected asylum seekers to centers outside th...
- Inside an African hotel where asylum seekers deported by the US are imprisonedAsylum seekers deported from the United States are being held against their will in Equatorial Guinea. The Trump administration struck a de...
- Welcome to Trump’s America, where the visa dream is getting harder to keep alivePresident Trump's second term is tightening legal immigration pathways, including student visas and green card applications. New policies r...
- Meet the newest member of Scottish Parliament, an Indian-born who went to UK on a student visaIndia-born, non-binary anthropologist Q Manivannan has been elected to the Scottish Parliament on a "kinder politics" platform. Manivannan,...
- Pakistan, Bangladesh students 'becoming' gay to seek asylum in UKAn undercover investigation reveals a network in the UK charging migrants thousands of pounds for fake gay asylum claims. Advisers allegedl...
- Asylum system can't be a halfway houseIndia's recent order allows persecuted minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan to stay even without valid documents, extendin...
- 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...
- Over 22K Indians seek asylum in US since 2014: Official dataThe reason behind Indians seeking asylum in the US can be "unemployment or intolerance", says director of North American Punjabi Associatio...
- UNHCR seeks clarification from India over repatriation of Rohingya to MyanmarThe Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Friday that it "regrets India's decision to repatriate a famil...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Centre's initiative welcome but grant refugee status: PFFAPPFA welcomed Centre's initiative to exempt minority communities of Bangladesh and Pakistan from relevant provisions of rules and order.
- Hong Kong drops scrapping visa-free facility for Indians: ReportA media report recently said the proposal to scrap the visa-free facility for Indians was mooted by members of the Liberal Party.
- Australian government's detention of 157 Sri Lankan asylum-seekers ruled legalIn its ruling HC said the detainment was lawful under the Migration Powers Act, which enables maritime officers to detain a person outside ...
- More than 1.70 lakh Sri Lankan refugees,asylum-seekers,IDPs: UNHCREven five years after end of the civil war between Sri Lankan government and LTTE, over 1.70 lakh people remain either as refugees or asylu...
- Australia presents bats to Indian ministers for asylum deal: ReportA controversy has erupted in Australia after a report claimed that the govt used bats signed by McGrath, Lee as a "secret weapon" to woo th...
- Indian consular officials to verify Tamil asylum seekers' identity: AustraliaStating that the group were economic migrants, Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said that they would not face persecution if ...
- Snowden case: Why experts & activists disagree with govt's decision to deny asylumExperts point out that the problem lies in the fact that India refused to ratify the 1951 Refugee Convention, which set up a framework on a...
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