A transgender asylum seeker from Mexico has been released from a Washington state immigration detention center after being ...

U.S. District Judge Amy Baggio ordered immediate release of a 24-year-old transgender woman from ICE detention, finding her ...

A group of asylum seekers who had been trapped in the buffer zone since last year have taken their case to the European Court ...

Greece has suspended the ability for people coming by boat via North Africa to seek asylum –violating their rights, ...

I can’t in good conscience tell them that they’re not in danger,’ the attorney said, referring to the fast-tracking of ...

Greater Cincinnati has one of the largest populations in the U.S. of asylum seekers from Mauritania. Many fear their cases ...

IHREC says draft law greatly expands detention powers — and could introduce electronic tagging and tracking of applicants ...

Germany deported 81 Afghans to Kabul by plane on Friday morning, in a move criticized by the UN's rights organization. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the Afghans had criminal ...

Public pressure surged after violent incidents involving rejected asylum seekers ahead of Germany’s February election.

Germany said Friday it had deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland, as Chancellor ...

Children who seek asylum in London need better protection and support as they "experience adversity daily", according to new research. In recent years, London boroughs have supported around a third of ...

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