Asylum

ID cards to be blocked in a move to bolster national security

Justice Sattar writes 21-page judgment on plea of Afghan female Hazara soldier

850 refugees have returned to Afghanistan since beginning of 2022

EASO sees growing trend in 2020 despite 87% recent drop caused by Covid-19 crisis

UN should appoint her international envoy for human rights, says Aasia's counsel Advocate Saiful Malook

Officials say the man was seeking asylum

Following violence between groups of Syrians and Afghans in the town of Vathy

With plans to allow the lowest number refugees to resettle in the US in 2020

Refugee and migration advocates have condemned the deal

'Baldev Kumar is living in India along with three of his family members'

New rule will bar almost all immigrants from applying for asylum at the southern border

AJK origin British national got UK visa for girl on pretext of same-gender marriage

UNHCR attributes the increase partly to surging displacements in Ethiopia and Venezuela

In order to temporarily house adult undocumented migrants held by immigration authorities

Despite his indictment by the International Criminal Court

Marking the third time in a week that a group of migrants tried to cross the border to ask for asylum

The issue has split the bloc since a migration surge in 2015

Boochani is a prominent critic of the treatment of people under Australia’s hardline immigration policy

Although willing to accept the policy for "humanitarian" reasons

Children's guardian, his family also granted asylum in Canada

In a new measure aimed at deterring illegal immigration across the southern border

Qunun was granted refugee status and welcomed by Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland in Toronto

Rahaf says her family subjected her to physical and psychological abuse

Australia quietly pressed authorities in Thailand to grant UN access to Rahaf Mohammed Al-Qunun

Rahaf was stopped from entering Thailand when she flew in from Kuwait

US order says asylum requests will continue to be accepted from migrants who seek to cross at official US entry ports

Wanted to stay in Pakistan till Aasia is free, says Saiful Malook

Visits the grounds of a psychiatric hospital in Premontre, northern France

Migrants without residency permits on their asylum applications may get to stay if they are gainfully employed

Asylum-seekers from a Vietnamese boat that ran aground in crocodile-infested waters off Australia

Unrest reflects growing schism in German society after Merkel’s government allowed 1 million asylum seekers in Germany

Victorville prison houses 40% Indians, who tried to enter US through Mexico border illegally

Authorities find no grounds for fear of persecution based on the sexual orientation of the 18-year-old

In France anyone assisting unlawful entry of migrants is liable to face up to five years in prison

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said the biggest exodus came from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq

More than 7,800 asylum applications filed in March alone

Syrians account for 33 per cent of successful applications

Officers escorted two asylum seekers into the building, where they were rushed by a man brandishing two knives

Conditions in the camps have been widely criticised by doctors and refugee advocates

Afghans constitute by far the highest number of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Sweden

They spent four days walking long distances to evade border guards.

The impoverished refugees living hand to mouth in the city took in the former NSA contractor in 2013

'The government is aware of 136 asylum applications filed by diplomatic passport holders from Turkey'

Things are not changing for the better in Afghanistan, says Captain Niloofar Rahmani

The 17-year-old Afghan was arrested on Friday after his DNA was found at the scene of the crime

During nine months of stay, the authorities had not managed to carry out a single interview for his asylum application

Separatist leader currently resides in Switzerland

Pakistan has consistently ranked among those countries whose nationals have been seeking asylum abroad

Trove of data from Germany, UK, US shows a rise in asylum applications

Greece to examine the request for political asylum by eight Turkish soldiers