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China law sparks calls for Taiwan asylum system

NYC immigrant whose ICE detention drew criticism in high places gets asylum

Members of the Association of Legislative Employees protest in front of the Greater New York Federal Building on Jan. 13, 2026. They were protesting the arrest and detention of Raf...

Effective protection and option to relocate defeats certification challenge

An Indian asylum seeker whose account of the risk he faced changed significantly between his screening and substantive interviews still had his claim certified as clearly unfounded...

Cuba’s Government Is in Trump’s Crosshairs, but Political Dissidents Find No Refuge Here

In 2021, tired of what she said was years of persecution in Latin American countries after being forced out of her home country of Cuba, Maria Luisa Arango Presibal and her husband...

‘It Still Causes Severe Stress’: Fear of Expulsion Upends Life for Some Russian Asylum Seekers in Europe

From draft dodgers to anti-war activists, a growing number of Russian exiles are finding host countries unwilling to grant refuge.

UN expert warns that border policies cannot override the absolute ban on deportation to torture

A UN expert warned on Tuesday that policies on border protection and migration cannot nullify the absolute ban on returning a person to torture as set out in international law. The...

Asilo para venezolanos en EE UU: BIA cree que la salida de Maduro debe considerarse para evaluar las solicitudes

El organismo, a su juicio, aseguró que hay un cambio relevante en las condiciones de Venezuela, pero, advirtió, que esto no elimina automáticamente el riesgo de persecución en el p...

"Sanctuary State"

When Washington state refused Texas's subpoena for the records of trans children and the records of women from Texas... it was to protect the identities of medical patients.When Te...

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Preserve His Asylum Shutdown

"The D.C. Circuit should not have the last judicial word on this cornerstone of the president's immigration policy," the Trump administration wrote in its high court petition.     ...

Christian Convert Who Fled Iran and Was Deported By Trump Finds New Home

Artemis Ghasemzadeh, who had escaped religious persecution, was deported to Panama under Trump’s immigration crackdown. Now, Canada has given her asylum.

‘I would rather die than return to France’: the brutal reality of the UK’s one in, one out scheme

Aso and Baran fled Iran, crossed the Channel together and were both returned to France. After risking their lives to reach Britain again, the friends found themselves facing very d...

Asylum Change to Reduce Backlog

Asylum change allows USCIS to refer asylum applications to Immigration Judges without interviewing the alien.

Understanding the court’s next major case on asylum seekers: Wassily v. Blanche

This coming term, in Wassily v. Blanche, the Supreme Court will decide whether asylum beneficiaries are barred from obtaining lawful permanent residency if their asylum status has...

End of immigration program forces difficult choices for Vermont residents

Who really decides who gets asylum in Greece?

Since the official launch of the Greek Asylum Service in 2013, the Greek asylum system has often “fueled” public debate and generated sharp controversy stemming from individual cas...

UN-Recognized Refugee Detained in Thailand Minutes Before Boarding Flight

Human rights advocates and democracy activists are urging international intervention amid fears Zhang could be forcibly returned to China, where she could face arrest and prosecuti...

Unpublished ARAP guidance makes refusals of Afghan Embassy guards unlawful

The High Court has quashed two refusals of relocation under the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP), finding that former security guards from the British Embassy in Kab...

Court blocks Trump attempt to remove legal asylum seekers — for now

A July 21 emergency ruling by a federal court saved thousands of lawfully present immigrants from losing work authorization and asylum seekers from the automatic rejection of their...

Federal judge blocks USCIS from revoking work permits for asylum seekers and TPS holders

A federal judge in Boston on Tuesday granted emergency relief, temporarily blocking portions of Trump administration immigration policies that would have caused tens of thousands o...

ICE arrests human rights lawyer who fled Chinese crackdown

Arrest in Pennsylvania of Wu Shaoping, who is awaiting asylum decision, raises fears of deportation and persecutionA Chinese human rights lawyer has been arrested by US Immigration...

New Zealand tribunal rejects British asylum seeker's Windrush-based claim

The claimant said they were seeking refugee and protected person status in New Zealand.

Meet Beto Coral, Activist Targeted by ICE for Criticism of Trump-Backed Colombian President-Elect

A prominent Colombian activist left the United States after he was arrested by immigration agents and detained for over a month in an ICE jail. Franklin Humberto Coral Garrido, kno...

Cuban Alleges Abuse During Deportation To Liberia Under Third-Country Deal

Council of State warns against repealing asylum law

A bill to scrap the law that distributes asylum seekers more evenly across the country’s councils should not go ahead,...