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Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa allowed entry on ‘private visit’: Singapore govt
Singapore, Jul 14 (PTI) Singapore on Thursday said it has allowed Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to enter the city-state on a "private visit" and there was no request for asylum…
Asylum seekers shut out of financial system by some EU banks, watchdog finds
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - Some European Union banks are shutting out asylum seekers and other types of customers in mishandled efforts to comply with anti-money laundering rules, the…
Hundreds of migrants in southern Mexico scramble for asylum applications
By Jose Torres TAPACHULA (Reuters) - Around 1,000 migrants flocked to a sports stadium in southern Mexico on Tuesday to claim appointments for requesting asylum in the country as the…
U.N. rights chief urges Belarus neighbours to protect asylum-seekers
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights chief called on Belarus' neighbours on Friday to protect asylum seekers after four people died near the Polish border…
Amid U.S. border crackdown, some Haitian migrants seek asylum in Mexico
By Josue Gonzalez and Jorge Lopez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Hundreds of Haitian asylum seekers congregated outside Mexico's refugee agency in the capital and in shelters in the northern city…
Greece opens new migrant holding camp on island amid tougher policy
By Alkis Konstantinidis ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece opened a new holding camp for migrants on Saturday on the island of Samos, close to Turkey, and said other new facilities would…
Germany, Netherlands suspend deportation of refugees to Afghanistan as fighting rages on
Berlin [Germany], August 11 (ANI): Germany and the Netherlands have suspended deportations of Afghanistan refugees amid the escalating violence between government forces and Taliban, in which the latter has captured…
Operation Allies Refuge: US to begin flying Afghan interpreters in last week of July
Kabul [Afghanistan] July 18 (ANI): The US embassy in Afghanistan on Saturday announced that the US will begin flying the Afghan interpreters under Operation Allies Refuge in the last week…
Rights group urges UK govt to grant asylum to Afghan women prone to Taliban attacks
London [UK] July 11 (ANI): Human and women's rights groups on Sunday asked the UK administration to provide asylum to the vulnerable Afghan women amid the US troops withdrawal and…
US in talks with 3 Central Asian states to provide refuge to 50,000 at-risk Afghans
Washington [US], July 4 (ANI): Amid US troops withdrawal, thousands of Afghan translators and interpreters face threats from the Taliban as they assisted American troops for two decades during its…
Japan approves six-month visa for Myanmar soccer player seeking asylum
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], July 3 (ANI): Myanmar national soccer goalkeeper Pyae Lyan Aung, who applied for refugee status in Japan last month, has been approved visa for six months on Friday,…
11 Myanmar diplomats in US, Switzerland refuse to return home
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], June 29 (ANI): Eleven Myanmar diplomats in the United States and Switzerland have refused to return and are creating a united front as they seek to remain in…
