NOGALES, Mexico (AP) — Ana Ruiz was dismayed seeing migrants from some countries released in the United States with orders to appear in immigration court while she and other Mexicans were deported on a one-hour bus ride to the nearest border crossing. “They’re giving priority to other countries,” Ruiz, 35, after a tearful phone call […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Arrests for illegal border crossings dropped more than 40% during the three weeks that asylum processing has been suspended, the Homeland Security Department said Wednesday. The Border Patrol’s average daily arrests over a 7-day period have fallen below 2,400, down more than 40% from before President Joe Biden’s proclamation took effect June […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of arrests by Border Patrol agents of people illegally crossing into the United States fell in May to the third lowest of any month during the Biden presidency, while preliminary figures released Thursday show encounters with migrants falling even more in the roughly two weeks since the president announced new […]
The leaders of Germany’s 16 federal states are jointly calling on the German government to develop concrete potential models for outsourcing asylum procedures to countries outside the European Union. The state premiers agreed on a migration position paper ahead of their meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday, at which migration and asylum policy […]
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser dampened expectations for possible deals to process asylum claims outside the EU on Thursday, arguing that it’s unlikely any scheme would change the situation Germany faces. Efforts such as Italy’s deal to send some asylum-seeking migrants to Albania would not be a “game changer” for asylum policy and wouldn’t make […]
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said that processing asylum claims outside the EU could be a “building block” but will not significantly change the situation facing Germany. Efforts such as Italy’s proposed deal to send asylum-seeking migrants to Albania would not be a “game changer” for asylum policy and wouldn’t make a major impact on […]
More than 300 advocacy groups and international organizations have written an open letter to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz opposing the possibility of holding asylum seekers in third countries for processing. “Please issue a clear rejection of plans to outsource asylum procedures,” the authors demand in the letter published on Wednesday. The signatories include Amnesty International […]
More than 300 advocacy groups and international organizations have written an open letter to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz opposing the possibility of holding asylum seekers in third countries for processing. “Please issue a clear rejection of plans to outsource asylum procedures,” the authors demand in the letter published on Wednesday. The signatories include Amnesty International […]
AMBLETEUSE, France (AP) — The rising tide crept above their waists, soaking the babies they hugged tight. Around a dozen Kurds refused to leave the cold waters of the English Channel in a futile attempt to delay the inevitable: French police had just foiled their latest attempt to reach the United Kingdom by boat. The […]
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Some shelters south of the U.S. border are caring for many more migrants now that the Biden administration stopped stopped considering most asylum requests, while others have yet to see much of a change. The impact appears uneven more than a week after the temporary suspension took effect. Shelters south of […]
An EU court has ruled that stateless Palestinians can obtain refugee protection in the European Union more easily, if it is determined that the main aid agency in the Gaza Strip cannot provide a minimum level of security and humane living conditions. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling concerned the grounds for asylum for […]
The European Union’s top court has fined Hungary €200 million for persistently breaking the bloc’s asylum rules despite a previous European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling, plus an additional €1 million for every day it fails to comply in future. Hungary had not implemented a 2020 ruling from top EU judges in Luxembourg, the ECJ […]