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Austria records significant drop in asylum applications
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Austria has recorded a notable decline in the number of asylum applications, with February witnessing a 37 percent drop compared to the same period last year, bringing the total to 1,397 applications.
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Trump administration places restrictions on refugee admissions, rights act
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Trump administration's crackdown on immigration now includes significant restrictions on legal immigration, including suspending refugee admissions and halting programs that offered pathways for those fleeing crisis zones.
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Taiwan confirms eight-month prison sentence for Chinese speedboat intruder
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Taiwan's Supreme Court has upheld an eight-month prison sentence for retired Chinese navy officer Ruan, who illegally entered Taiwan via a speedboat in 2023. Detained upon arrival, Ruan claimed he sought political asylum due to restrictions in China. Authorities will decide on his deportatio
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East Turkistan Government in Exile condemns deportation of Uyghur refugees
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The East Turkistan Government in Exile issued a strong condemnation of Thailand and Turkiye's reported plans to deport Uyghur asylum seekers and refugees to China, calling such actions a direct violation of international law. The government-in-exile stated that the deportations would render
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Syria crisis: Russia grants asylum to Assad and family, calls for UN-media
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Russia has granted asylum to Syria's former President Bashar al-Assad and his family, according to a report by TASS, citing a Kremlin source.
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New details emerge of uyghur asylum seekers' torture in China after fiftee
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Cambodia deported 20 Uyghur asylum seekers back to China fifteen years ago, where they were imprisoned, tortured, and subjected to severe human rights abuses, according to sources, as quoted by Radio Free Asia.
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India-based Afghan student to fill consular gap amid staff shortage
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Afghan community in India is facing a critical issue - a severe shortage of consular staff. Over the past three years, Afghan diplomats manning the Afghan Embassy and Consulates in India have sought refuge/asylum in different Western countries and have left India.
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Poland temporarily suspends right to asylum amid tensions with Belarus
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
In a significant move, Poland is taking measures to curb irregular migration, driven by escalating tensions with Belarus, by temporarily suspending the right to asylum, according to a report by Al Jazeera.
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IYDF and Iron Asylum Bring Smiles and Support to Children in Krishna Nagar
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], October 1: The International Youth Development Foundation (IYDF), in collaboration with Iron Asylum, organized a charitable event in Krishna Nagar Colony, Ratu Road, Ranchi. The event provided 60 children with essential learning and living supplies, while also off
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Biden administration toughens asylum restrictions ahead of polls; rights g
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The new rules announced on Monday, expand the restrictions introduced in June earlier this year to bar migrants from being granted asylum when US government officials believe the southern border of the country is overwhelmed.
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"Joe Biden became mentally impaired; Kamala was born that way": Trump laun
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Former US President Donald Trump called Vice President Kamala Harris "mentally disabled" and questioned her intelligence for visiting the southern border, where she pledged to crack down on asylum..
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"Inflation at worst in our nation's history," Donald Trump takes on Kamala
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Trump talked about illegal immigration and said that millions had poured in from 'mental institutions and insane asylums'.
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