In immigration courts, U.S. lawyers have filed thousands of requests to dismiss asylum cases and force people to pursue ...

Over the last two decades, Australia has made a name for itself by pursuing barbaric policies towards refugees and asylum seekers arriving by sea. Priding these moves as noble and humanitarian, ...

NAURU, Sept 21 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency will begin screening asylum seekers on the remote Pacific island of Nauru on September 24, a process which could bring the stranded people a step closer ...

Yesterday, for the second time this week, the Australian Labor government launched previously unannounced measures to overturn basic legal and democratic rights. Its immediate aim is to consign up to ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia on Thursday passed a law allowing faster deportation of non-citizens to third countries, paving the way to send hundreds of refugees denied visas because of criminal ...

Novak Djokovic spent a fourth day on Sunday among the unwilling occupants of Melbourne's Park Hotel. The tennis superstar awaited court proceedings on Monday that will determine whether he can defend ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 14 December 2012 UNHCR released this ...

PERTH (Reuters) - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, facing an imminent election, enlisted the help of the Pacific Island nation of Nauru in his hardline policy of denying asylum seekers arriving by boat the ...

Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador; Eswatini, Rwanda, Ghana, South Sudan Since the start of his second term, United States president Donald Trump has cracked down on irregular migration, unlawfully ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia is trying to move asylum seekers held in one of its two remote Pacific detention centers to the second camp, a notice seen by Reuters shows, as Canberra seeks a way to ...