Asylum
- World
US court rejects Indian Muslim man’s bid to stop deportation
Washington: A US federal appeals court has rejected an Indian Muslim man’s bid to avoid deportation, ruling that the violence he faced in India did not amount to persecution and finding no…
- World
Australia grants asylum to five Iranian women’s footballers
Wellington: Australia has granted asylum to five members of the Iranian women’s soccer team who were visiting the country for a tournament when the Iran war began, Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Tony…
- World
Deported by US, gay Moroccan woman returns to hiding
Dakar: Being gay in Morocco is illegal and punishable by up to three years in prison. But it was the violence from her family that forced Farah, a 21-year-old gay woman, to…
- World
British PM vows to detain, send back illegal migrants
London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to detain and send back illegal migrants as the government faces mounting pressure to tackle Channel crossings and the issue of asylum hotels. “I am…
- World
UK statistics watchdog looking into’ Rishi Sunak’s asylum backlog claim
London: The UK’s statistics watchdog on Thursday said that it is “looking into” the government’s recent announcement that it had met Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s target to clear the country’s asylum backlog…
- India
‘Religious persecution’: Indian man, son seek asylum in Pakistan
Two Indian citizens, Mohammad Hasnain and his son Ishaq Ameer, who entered Pakistan illegally through the Pak-Afghan border, have sought asylum there, Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper reported on Tuesday. As per the report,…
