Love or country: UK families caught up in Sunak’s plan to cut migration
Dursley, England Reuters In early December Rebecca Kaya was celebrating after she and her Kurdish husband Baran finally hit their savings goal to qualify for a British visa so the couple could move from Icmeler in Turkey to Britain. A few days later Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hiked the amount a British person must earn […]
US explores refugee program for non-Mexican asylum seekers in Mexico
Washington DC, US/Mexico City, Mexico Reuters US and Mexican officials are discussing a new US refugee program for some non-Mexican asylum seekers waiting in Mexico, four sources said, part of President Joe Biden’s attempts to create more legal avenues for migration. The program would likely be open to Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan refugees in […]
UN rights chief tells Britain of concerns over migration bill
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters The United Nations human rights chief said on Tuesday he has formally conveyed his concerns over a new British migration law to the government, saying he was worried it would bar people from seeking asylum. Stopping small boat arrivals across the Channel from France is a priority for British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak […]
US parole program to continue post-Title 42, Mexico to accept returnees
Mexico City, Mexico Reuters The United States will continue to accept migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela under a humanitarian program after 11th May, when the COVID-19 health policy known as Title 42 is set to end, the US and Mexican Governments said on Tuesday. Mexico, for its part, will continue accepting back migrants […]
US immigration: What Biden’s latest deal for Venezuelans means for other refugees
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, speaks to representatives of US refugee resettlement agencies about what the US President Joe Biden’s deal focused on Venezuelan migrants means in the wider context…
Essay: US Supreme Court’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ ruling puts immigration policy in the hands of voters – as long as elected presidents follow the rules
US law professor KEVN JOHNSON explains – in an article published on The Conversation – US Supreme Court’s latest immigration-related ruling…
Essay: How to help immigrants feel more at home and contribute more to the local economy
In an article first published on The Conversation UK, researcher JOSEPH SIMON-GOERLACH looks at what data shows about the impacts of giving refugees more certainty about their future…
Essay: The ‘Biloela family’ are going home – but what will Labor do with thousands of other asylum seekers in limbo in Australia?
In an article first published on The Conversation, MARY ANNE KENNY, an associate professor in the School of Law at Murdoch University in Australia, looks at the new Australian Government’s policies concerning asylum seekers and refugees…
Rwanda expects first 50 asylum seekers transferred from UK by end of May
Kigali, RwandaReuters Rwanda expects the first group of 50 asylum seekers to be transferred from Britain by the end of May, a government spokesperson said this week. In April the British Government announced plans to send people seeking asylum to the East African country, but earlier this month said it expected lawyers to lodge claims […]
Tennis star Novak Djokovic’s detention turns spotlight on long-term internment of asylum seekers in Australia
Sydney, Australia The detention and deportation of tennis star Novak Djokovic from Australia this month has turned the spotlight on 75 asylum seekers, who have spent up to nine years in offshore and onshore detention. Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic walks in Melbourne Airport before boarding a flight, after the Federal Court upheld a government […]