Tag: asylum seekers
ICE force-feeding detainees on hunger strike
TEXAS: Three times a day, a 22-year-old Indian man on a hunger strike says, he is dragged from his cell in a Texas immigration...
Japan accepts 20 asylum seekers out of 19,628 applicants last year
TOKYO: The number of asylum seekers in Japan grew 80 per cent to a record 19,628 in 2017 – but only 20 were accepted,...
More asylum-seekers to leave Australian-run detention centre for US
SYDNEY: Another 58 asylum-seekers held in an Australian-run detention centre on Papua New Guinea (PNG) will leave on Tuesday for resettlement in the United...
Australia abandoned refugees, must clear up the mess it made: UHNCR
GENEVA: The United Nations (UN) refugee agency on Friday said that Australia must take responsibility for the mess it has created with its “offshore...
222 flights grounded by Germany after refusing to deport asylum seekers
BONN: German pilots have grounded more than 220 flights because they were being used to deport failed asylum seekers, reported Independent.
Many of the pilots...
PNG police order protesting asylum seekers to leave Australian-run camp
SYDNEY: Papua New Guinea police sealed off an officially shuttered Australian-run detention camp on Thursday and ordered asylum seekers occupying it to leave as they...
PNG threatens forcible evict of asylum seekers
SYDNEY: Papua New Guinea began dismantling a shuttered Australian-run immigration detention centre on Thursday and warned it will use force if necessary to evict...
Thai authorities should release Pakistani, Somali asylum seekers: rights group
BANGKOK: Thai authorities should release 35 Pakistani and Somali asylum seekers arrested in recent raids, a rights group said Monday, slamming arrests that swept up...
Amnesty condemns ‘forced’ return of Afghan asylum seekers
Kabul: A surge of failed Afghan asylum seekers "forcibly" returned from Europe are at risk of torture, kidnapping and death in war-torn Afghanistan, Amnesty...
