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Pakistanis seeking asylum abroad to lose passport
ID cards to be blocked in a move to bolster national security
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Pak law recognises right to asylum: IHC
Justice Sattar writes 21-page judgment on plea of Afghan female Hazara soldier
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Pakistan faces inflows of asylum seekers from Afghanistan
850 refugees have returned to Afghanistan since beginning of 2022
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Asylum requests in EU nations rise by 11% in 2019: EASO
EASO sees growing trend in 2020 despite 87% recent drop caused by Covid-19 crisis
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Aasia Bibi to meet President Macron to seek asylum in France
UN should appoint her international envoy for human rights, says Aasia's counsel Advocate Saiful Malook
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Denied US entry, Mexican cuts own throat on bridge over Rio Grande
Officials say the man was seeking asylum
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Three hurt as asylum-seekers clash on Greek island
Following violence between groups of Syrians and Afghans in the town of Vathy
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Trump suspends entry of immigrants who cannot pay for healthcare
With plans to allow the lowest number refugees to resettle in the US in 2020
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US and El Salvador sign agreement on asylum to curb migration
Refugee and migration advocates have condemned the deal
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Former PTI lawmaker seeks asylum in India: sources
'Baldev Kumar is living in India along with three of his family members'
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Trump asks Supreme Court to allow full enforcement of asylum crackdown
New rule will bar almost all immigrants from applying for asylum at the southern border
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Aunt, niece posing as same-gender couple caught at airport
AJK origin British national got UK visa for girl on pretext of same-gender marriage
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Record 70.8 million people displaced at end of 2018: UN
UNHCR attributes the increase partly to surging displacements in Ethiopia and Venezuela
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US military to set up tents for migrants on US-Mexico border
In order to temporarily house adult undocumented migrants held by immigration authorities
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Uganda says it is willing to consider asylum for Sudan's ousted leader Bashir
Despite his indictment by the International Criminal Court
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US border agents fire tear gas at Central American migrants
Marking the third time in a week that a group of migrants tried to cross the border to ask for asylum
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EU elections must not 'paralyse' asylum reform: commissioner
The issue has split the bloc since a migration surge in 2015
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Detained Iranian refugee wins top Australian prize for book written on his phone
Boochani is a prominent critic of the treatment of people under Australia’s hardline immigration policy
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Mexico 'disagrees' with US returning asylum seekers
Although willing to accept the policy for "humanitarian" reasons
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Aasia Bibi's daughters move to Canada
Children's guardian, his family also granted asylum in Canada
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US to begin forcing asylum applicants to remain in Mexico
In a new measure aimed at deterring illegal immigration across the southern border
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Saudi teen refugee, now in Canada, wants to fight for other women
Qunun was granted refugee status and welcomed by Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland in Toronto
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UN asks Australia to consider Saudi teen for 'refugee resettlement'
Rahaf says her family subjected her to physical and psychological abuse
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Australia to ‘carefully consider’ Saudi woman’s asylum plea
Australia quietly pressed authorities in Thailand to grant UN access to Rahaf Mohammed Al-Qunun
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Saudi woman held at Bangkok airport says fears death if repatriated
Rahaf was stopped from entering Thailand when she flew in from Kuwait
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Trump orders crackdown on asylum seekers
US order says asylum requests will continue to be accepted from migrants who seek to cross at official US entry ports
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Aasia Bibi's lawyer left 'against his wishes'
Wanted to stay in Pakistan till Aasia is free, says Saiful Malook
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Decades on, family learns truth of WWI vet's death in asylum
Visits the grounds of a psychiatric hospital in Premontre, northern France
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Germany to ease immigration rules to fight worker shortage
Migrants without residency permits on their asylum applications may get to stay if they are gainfully employed
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All onboard Australia-bound asylum-seeker boat found: reports
Asylum-seekers from a Vietnamese boat that ran aground in crocodile-infested waters off Australia
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German far-right protesters clash with leftists after Chemnitz stabbing
Unrest reflects growing schism in German society after Merkel’s government allowed 1 million asylum seekers in Germany
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Persecution by Modi govt forces alarming number of Indians to seek asylum in US
Victorville prison houses 40% Indians, who tried to enter US through Mexico border illegally
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Austria rejects Afghan asylum-seeker 'gay' claim
Authorities find no grounds for fear of persecution based on the sexual orientation of the 18-year-old
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French farmer who helped migrants showed 'fraternity', court rules
In France anyone assisting unlawful entry of migrants is liable to face up to five years in prison
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Asylum requests in EU fall from record highs, jump in US-OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said the biggest exodus came from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq
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Domestic, gang violence no longer grounds for US asylum
More than 7,800 asylum applications filed in March alone
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Big drop in EU asylum requests granted in 2017: official
Syrians account for 33 per cent of successful applications
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Swiss police say knife-wielding asylum seeker killed by officer
Officers escorted two asylum seekers into the building, where they were rushed by a man brandishing two knives
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Asylum detainees awarded $56 million in Australia class action
Conditions in the camps have been widely criticised by doctors and refugee advocates
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Swedish goats revive young Afghan asylum seekers' past
Afghans constitute by far the highest number of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Sweden
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China lawyer's wife seeks US asylum after brazen escape
They spent four days walking long distances to evade border guards.
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Hong Kong 'Snowden refugees' seek asylum in Canada
The impoverished refugees living hand to mouth in the city took in the former NSA contractor in 2013
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136 Turks with diplomatic status sought asylum in Germany: ministry
'The government is aware of 136 asylum applications filed by diplomatic passport holders from Turkey'
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First female Afghan air force pilot seeks asylum in US amid ‘death threats’
Things are not changing for the better in Afghanistan, says Captain Niloofar Rahmani
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Afghan teen arrested over German murder-rape
The 17-year-old Afghan was arrested on Friday after his DNA was found at the scene of the crime
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Afghan boy's hope of new life in Europe ends in suicide
During nine months of stay, the authorities had not managed to carry out a single interview for his asylum application
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Brahamdagh Bugti set to seek asylum in India
Separatist leader currently resides in Switzerland
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Exodus of minorities
Pakistan has consistently ranked among those countries whose nationals have been seeking asylum abroad
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Pakistanis increasingly seeking asylum abroad
Trove of data from Germany, UK, US shows a rise in asylum applications
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Greece to examine Turkish soldiers' asylum requests
Greece to examine the request for political asylum by eight Turkish soldiers