GENEVA, October 18 (UNHCR) - Industrialized countries saw a 17 per cent increase in asylum applications in the first half of this year, with most claimants coming from countries with long-standing ...

The Biden administration announced a new policy Thursday that overhauls the system for immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. Immigration judges will no longer hear claims. Instead, asylum officers ...

The system's reform, agreed in 2024, will become legally binding in Germany and throughout the EU in June 2026. Germany's federal government of the conservative Christian Democratic Union/ Christian ...

Afghanistan leads asylum requests in France with 13,800 applications and 78.8% acceptance rate in 2025 refugees, ...

GENEVA, Mar 17 (UNHCR) - In the last five years, the number of asylum seekers arriving in all industrialized countries has fallen by half, according to preliminary annual figures released by the UN ...

The Trump administration imposed a new annual $100 fee on asylum seekers earlier this summer. But more than three months later, immigrants and their attorneys say they can’t figure out whether they ...

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(CNN) — A federal judge in Maryland on Thursday temporarily paused the government’s rollout of a new annual asylum application fee, citing confusion and inconsistent policies between federal agencies.

Victor Acurio Suarez, who was living with his brother in the Seaford area, has been detained by ICE since this past fall.

STOCKHOLM, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The number of people applying for asylum in Sweden dropped by 30% in 2025 to the lowest level since 1985, with the right-of-centre government saying it planned to further ...

It seems Edward Snowden, the international fugitive marooned in a Russian airport, is taking his time to fill out his Russian asylum application. He told reporters Friday morning his application would ...