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Egypt: Refugees, Asylum Seekers Arrested, Deported

Click to expand Image Asylum seekers sit in a UNHCR registration center in Cairo, Egypt...

Asylum seekers at MoD site to be 'single adult males'

The Home Office says a site in Bicester to house asylum seekers would provide accommodation for single adult males.

Asylum seeker in UK as part of ‘one in, one out’ scheme says it is unfair on those deported

Man flown from France as part of legal entry programme decries effect on others ‘who may have a similar case’An asylum seeker brought to the UK by the Home Office has said it feels...

Asylum seeker family loses legal challenge to stay in Oxford

A Kurdish Iraqi asylum-seeking family has lost a High Court bid to be rehoused in larger accommodation in Oxford, after a judge ruled the Home Office's duty is to prevent destituti...

Asylum seekers to pay £10,000 towards living costs under new UK law

Means-tested scheme included in immigration and asylum bill condemned by charities for placing tax on refugees Asylum seekers will be ordered to pay about £10,000 to cover their st...

Most asylum seekers rejected under tightened laws will remain in UK

Critics call proposed limits on asylum claims a ‘quick fix that will create long-term chaos’More than half of the people whose asylum and visa claims will be rejected under tighten...

Asylum decisions by public 'a reckless gamble with human lives', charity warns

Labour's plan to hand asylum process decisions to the public has been described as "a reckless gamble with human lives" by a leading refugee charity

Migrants stranded in Ceuta hope for a better future

Longing for asylum, people from countries such as Sudan, Somalia and Mali are faced with an uncertain future.

New fast-track claims process rejects nine out of 10 asylum seekers

The system requires rulings to be made within a 12-week window for those applying from a "safe" country

Egypt: Refugees, Asylum Seekers Arrested, Deported

[HRW] Amend New Asylum Law in Line with International Standards

Asylum seekers to be told to repay £10,000 under new UK rules

Refugees, asylum seekers being arrested and deported in Egypt: report

Egypt has been arbitrarily arresting and deporting refugees with expired permits, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported Tuesday. The majority of these refugees and asylum seekers are f...

‘We are dying little by little here’: asylum seekers at mercy of Home Office hotel closures

Legal challenges launched over accommodation ‘adequacy’ as UK government closes more asylum hotelsHuda and her two children aged 10 and 12 had been living in two rooms in a London...

I am an asylum seeker. The UK Government is punishing us with new rules

AN asylum seeker who fled Nigeria after facing political violence in his home country has said the UK Government's new immigration rules feel like "sheer punishment".

Residents 'shocked' at asylum seeker housing plan

Residents living near a site proposed to house asylum seekers give their reactions to the announcement.

Asylum seeker camp for 1,250 men near Bicester defended

The Government has defended plans to house asylum seekers on a former military base in an Oxfordshire village.

SCOTUS News: Court rules customs agents can turn back asylum seekers

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that aliens standing in Mexico do not arrive in the United States and thus cannot apply for asylum under the Immigration and Nationality Act. The post...

Over 1,100 asylum applications processed under new Act

1,106 asylum applications were processed through the new screening system introduced under the International Protection Act in its first two months of operation.

Asylum seekers jailed for Brighton beach rape as victim says 'they destroyed my life'

Three asylum seekers have been sentenced at Hove Crown Court for the rape of a woman on Brighton beach, with two men receiving 21-year prison terms and a third jailed for 18 years...

Locals enraged as 83 asylum seekers moved into £250,000 homes on 'Migrant Street'

Residents say they were promised affordable housing, but a new estate in a Shropshire village has instead been earmarked to accommodate dozens of asylum seekers

Migrants await asylum in Ceuta amid hunger and thirst

Migrants rushed to receive water and beverages in Ceuta, Spain, where many have spent days on a beach awaiting asylum.

UNHCR warns government that unqualified adjudicators will undermine the new asylum appeals body

The United Nations Refugee Agency has published its concerns and recommendations on the government’s plan to proceed with the new independent appeals body. It acknowledges the need...

UK asylum seekers could have to pay government $13K before applying for settlement

Asylum seekers in Britain could have to repay more than $13,000 for accommodation before applying for settlement under proposed immigration rules.