Asylum

At least two dozen asylum shelters centres were reduced to ashes or damaged by fire last year

'First one needs to give the Syrian people an opportunity to have their say' Putin

'Where refugees come hoping for a better life..that is no reason to get asylum or residency status here' Angela Merkel

Norwegian ambassador says most of them crossed the Norwegian-Russian border in the High North during the last month

Norwegian Directorate of Immigration has tweeted about new rules in Pashto, Dari and English

The Nordic country of 5.2 million people, expects to receive up to 35,000 asylum applications this year

The scheme follows months of tensions over the more than 600,000 people who have flooded into Europe this year

Director of Human Rights Watch says after two years, Australia's experiment in offshore detention has been a disaster