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The number of asylum seekers arriving in Cyprus has doubled so far this year
The number has increased to 17,000 this year, an official from the Ministry of the Interior said…
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New York Mayor Eric Adams to bus asylum seekers upstate, much like Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bused asylum seekers to New York City
Just as Eric Adams has decried Abbott for busing immigrants to New York City, local officials upsta…
Katie Balevic
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Cabins aren't much bigger than prison cells on this barge being rented by the British government to house asylum seekers
The Bibby Stockholm barge will be used to accommodate hundreds of men while their applications to r…
Nathan Rennolds
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The app designed to help asylum-seekers has inadvertently separated families as Title 42 expires, advocates say
At the core of the Biden administration's new approach is an asylum processing app that immigration…
Azmi Haroun,Erin Snodgrass
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A couple's wedding plans were upended after their hotel room block was canceled to accommodate asylum seekers rerouted from New York City
New York City officials, seeking shelter for migrants, sent two buses of asylum seekers to the Cros…
Jordan Parker Erb
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The Biden administration built a 'digital wall' by requiring asylum-seekers to use a glitchy app in the aftermath of Title 42, immigration experts say
The Biden administration had months to prepare for the end of Title 42. But the app it's asking asy…
Azmi Haroun,Erin Snodgrass
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In a landmark case, an Israeli man is requesting UK asylum, saying he'll be made to participate in 'apartheid' if he returns
The anti-Zionist, ultra-Orthodox Jewish student, who has been granted anonymity by courts, fled Isr…
Mia Jankowicz
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Biden to reinstate Trump's controversial 'remain in Mexico' policy on the border as soon as next week after attempting to end the program
The administration rescinded the 'remain in Mexico' policy in June, but the Supreme Court upheld a …
Eliza Relman
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I'm an evangelical pastor, and I biked 1,600 miles along the US-Mexico border. The only border crisis is America's disgusting treatment of migrants.
After talking with border residents and immigrants, it's clear the only crisis at the border is how…
Doug Pagitt
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An asylum seeker from Myanmar was rescued by New Zealand after jumping from a cargo ship and surviving 23 hours in the freezing ocean
Min Naing, 27, was a crewman on a logging ship passing New Zealand, local media said. He stole an i…
Bill Bostock
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As Ukrainians receive legal protections in the US and EU, Black and brown asylum seekers are left behind, advocates say
The US and the EU expedited temporary immigration status for displaced Ukrainians. Immigration righ…
DeArbea Walker
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My family arrived to the US undocumented and now we own a Mexican restaurant in the South Bronx. For 15 years, we've used our business as a hub for asylum-seekers to make sure no one is left behind.
Yajaira Saavedra's family runs La Morada in New York City, providing hot meals, translating documen…
Isaiah Reynolds
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ICE agents force-fed a hunger-striking asylum seeker by pushing a tube through his nose, video obtained by The Intercept appears to show
ICE has previously been accused of force-feeding hunger-striking detainees. "This is not humanity,…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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60,000+ asylum-seekers who had applications rejected by the Trump administration over 'blank spaces' are about to get a second chance
The Trump administration sought to discourage asylum claims by rejecting more than 60,000 applicati…
Charles Davis
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Biden administration announces it will let around 25,000 asylum-seekers come to the US
Around 25,000 people who were subject to the "Remain in Mexico" program are eligible to come to the…
Charles Davis
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Hungary closing border transit zones for asylum-seekers
Hungary built fences protected by razor wire on its southern borders with Serbia and Croatia and la…
PTI
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As Trump bans immigration for 60 days, Portugal is taking a radically different approach temporarily giving asylum seekers citizenship rights
"In these exceptional times, the rights of migrants must be guaranteed," Claudia Veloso, of Portuga…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Over 1,300 asylum-seekers assaulted in Mexico while remaining there under Trump administration policy, new report says
The group Human Rights First documented hundreds of attacks, from kidnappings to rape, against asyl…
Charles Davis
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More than 5,000 Ukrainian migrants were detained at US borders in March despite no official immigration path
President Joe Biden promised to let 100,000 Ukrainian refugees into the US, but the administration …
Erin Snodgrass
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The UK considered sending asylum seekers to a volcanic island in the middle of the Atlantic
The Labour Party said sending asylum seekers to an island in the Atlantic Ocean was "inhumane, comp…