Ban on new asylum seekers to Scotland ‘could last for years’

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Many people-smugglers send asylum seekers across the Channel in dangerously small boats – PA Media The temporary ban on accepting new asylum seekers into Scotland could last for years, the BBC has learned. Glasgow City Council is the only local … Read More

EU states abandon Italy on relocating asylum seekers

Ireland and Lithuania have each agreed to take 10. Luxembourg has also offered to help. (Photo: noborder network) Calls in early May for EU states to help relocate asylum seekers from Italy have largely been ignored. The European Commission had … Read More

Biden to bring in asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under Trump program

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government next week will begin to gradually process thousands of asylum seekers forced to wait in Mexico under a controversial program put in place by former President Donald Trump, officials said. The moves are part … Read More

Biden’s halt of border wall construction sends migrants streaming into US

Biden’s halt of border wall construction sends migrants streaming into US Thousands of tons of steel and heavy equipment stand idle along the U.S.-Mexico border as legions of migrants exploit holes in the fence left by President Biden’s decision to halt construction. … Read More

‘Huge overhaul’ of UK’s asylum system to be announced

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Home secretary says she will make ‘no apology’ for tougher rules when she sets out new plan for immigration. Priti Patel will set out new plan for immigration on Wednesday. – Luke Dray / Stringer via Getty Images The home … Read More

Former President Trump slams Biden for migrant surge: ‘They’re destroying our country’

Trump tells Harris Faulkner that Biden is Bernie Sanders ‘on steroids’. Former President Trump ripped President Joe Biden and his administration over the migrant surge at the U.S. border during an exclusive interview on “The Faulkner Focus” on Monday, arguing that the Biden administration is “destroying our … Read More

Migrants resort to treacherous night hikes through snowy, frozen Alps from Italy to France

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Since October 1,500 have been intercepted – and some left with permanent injuries, such as amputated fingers, due to extreme cold. Migrants and asylum seekers are resorting to dangerous night hikes through the Alps to reach France, aid workers are … Read More

Biden national security adviser: ‘Our borders are not open’

Honduran boys whose family wants to seek asylum in the U.S., play on the sidewalk in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Thousands of people are waiting to claim asylum and more come each day, falsely believing they will be … Read More

Biden faces pressure at border as U.S. sets new course on immigration

Elliot Spagat/Associated Press TIJUANA, Mexico — After a weeklong bus ride from Honduras, Isabel Osorio Medina arrived in northern Mexico with the hope President Joe Biden would make it easier for people like him to get into the United States. … Read More

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