Asylum
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday pledged to defend the country’s independence and sovereignty in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order to change the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America. “For us, it is still the Gulf of Mexico, as it is for the rest of the world,” Sheinbaum…
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Austria’s Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum has said that deportations to Afghanistan are permissible on a case-by-case basis due to the changed security situation in the country. Austria has fallen in line with Germany and said it intends to start deporting Afghan nationals with criminal records back to Afghanistan. This comes after Germany deported…
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has doubled down in efforts to implement his governments blocked plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda, despite deep divisions and steep financial cost. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has doubled down on his commitment to resurrect a contentious agreement with Rwanda, despite the dual challenges of escalating financial implications and mounting domestic…
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An executive order signed Jan. 27, 2017 by President Donald Trump suspended refugee admissions for 120 days while security procedures are reviewed, though the resettlement of persecuted religious minorities continued during that time on a case-by-case basis. Under the plan, the maximum number of refugees allowed into the U.S. in fiscal 2017 was expected to decline from…
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The United States Senate Judiciary Committee on August 1, 2019, forwarded a bill to the full Senate that would all but shut US doors to Central American refugees, Human Rights Watch said today. The Secure and Protect Act (S.1494), introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham, would transform the Trump administration’s draconian administrative measures into law, preventing Central Americans, particularly children…
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