Latest in Tag: asylum Highlight
Latest in Tag: asylum

EU agency concerned with COVID-19 impact on migrants, asylum seekers
Latest FRA quarterly bulletin on migration said the coronavirus containment measures led to a 90% decrease in asylum applications in April 2020

Learning from the past: Germany’s refugee policy is dignifying, positive
Fadia Fouda, a former Palestinian refugee, says Germany has vastly improved the situation for new refugees

Trials and tribulations of the Right of Asylum
Everything about the life of an asylum seeker has two sides. The dreams that refugees may have of a Promised Land can shape their destiny, making them indignant or satisfied. If they are looking for safety and the right to a better life, then they would be grateful towards Germany, its renowned bureaucracy and the …

Shoukry slams UK’s asylum offer to Muslim Brotherhood members
The UK issued an internal regulation this week, confirming Muslim Brotherhood members’ right to obtain asylum

Against the law? Austria goes ahead with asylum cap
Vienna is also limiting the daily number of people transiting through to seek asylum in Germany to 3,200

Merkel addresses refugee crisis at UN
World leaders have adopted a set of development goals to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030

WFP to resume food assistance to Syrian refugees
Announcement comes after fundraising drive surpassed target

Israeli police arrest hundreds of African refugees on Israeli-Egyptian border
After two days of protests, the asylum seekers were taken back to Israel

Italian navy rescues around 1,000 migrants
Most of the migrants and asylum seekers arriving in Italy come from Eritrea or Syria and are departing from Libya.
Egyptian authorities prevent illegal emigration attempt
The 87 arrested include Egyptians, Syrians and Sudanese

Intel Science fair representative refuses to return to Egypt
Teenager cites fear of imprisonment on charges of torching a policeman’s car

African asylum seekers protest Israel detention laws
Demonstrators sharply criticised the authorities’ refusal to give them refugee status and their detention of several hundred asylum seekers.

Refugees should not participate in domestic politics: UNHCR official
RSM activist highlights hardships Syrian refugees face in Egypt

Syrians stranded in airport: Human Right Watch
Organisation releases statement on Egypt’s new visa rules for Syrians