Tag: asylum

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office on Wednesday maintained that Aasia Bibi has the right to travel anywhere after the Supreme Court’s verdict absolved her of...

Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who spent eight years on death row in Pakistan for blasphemy, is moving to Canada after accepting an offer...

OTTAWA: A young Saudi woman who caused a sensation by defying her family and seeking asylum abroad was welcomed with open arms in Toronto...

SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge on Monday temporarily blocked an order by President Donald Trump that barred asylum for immigrants who enter the country...

Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that Pakistan respects the legal rights of Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman who was recently acquitted by...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that his government was holding talks with Pakistan over potentially offering asylum to Aasia Bibi, a...

BERLIN: Fourteen European Union countries have said they are prepared to sign deals with Germany to take back asylum seekers who had previously registered...

The number of failed asylum seekers who could not be repatriated from Germany because they lack valid documents jumped 71 per cent in 2017...

ANKARA: Turkey's border guards are indiscriminately shooting and forcibly returning Syrian asylum seekers, who are trying to cross into Turkey, the Human Rights Watch...

ZURICH: Asylum requests in Switzerland fell to their lowest level in eight years in 2017, down by a third from the previous year, as...

The United Kingdom (UK) rejected a Pakistani man's application for asylum after he failed to correctly answer questions about ancient Greek philosophers, reported The...

ISTANBUL: Turkey said on Saturday Greece had granted asylum to a Turkish soldier accused of a role in last year’s coup attempt, a decision...

JERUSALEM / LONDON: An Iranian blogger granted asylum in Israel has been questioned by its Shin Bet internal security service on suspicion of illegal communication...

  Swiss authorities on Wednesday rejected political asylum for Brahumdagh Bugti, the exiled leader of the banned Baloch Republican Party (BRP), after more than seven...