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Human rights organizations in Greece condemned a new law for its alleged violation of international and EU legal protections for asylum-seekers in a joint release on Wednesday, which bans ...

Greece has suspended the ability for people coming by boat via North Africa to seek asylum –violating their rights, potentially putting their lives at risk and flouting its obligations under EU law.

J USTICE MINISTER JIM O’Callaghan has claimed that an upcoming court decision could see asylum seekers entitled to damages ...

Federal prosecutors are accusing nine protesters of crossing the line into violence against federal agents during a chaotic mass demonstration in Spokane over the detainment of two young asylum ...

A transgender asylum seeker from Mexico has been released from a Washington state immigration detention center after being ...

U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio ordered immediate release of a 24-year-old transgender woman from ICE detention, finding her ...

A U.S. judge has ordered the release of a transgender asylum seeker from Mexico who was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents last month. The ...

Greater Cincinnati has one of the largest populations in the U.S. of asylum seekers from Mauritania. Many fear their cases ...

Greece has declared a three-month halt to all asylum applications for migrants arriving from North Africa. The European Union ...

Children who seek asylum in London need better protection and support as they "experience adversity daily", according to new research. In recent years, London boroughs have supported around a third of ...