Pinedo said she and her brother witnessed the gang murder of a shopkeeper who failed to pay extortion fees two years ago.... But border agents quickly expelled them before Pinedo got a chance to tell them her story. Desperate, she decided two weeks ago to send her daughter across the border alone.... Now, with the humanitarian exemptions to the expulsion policy dwindling away, Pinedo is running out of options to seek safety and reunite with her daughter....

EU countries can now more easily deport asylum seekers arriving at their door as well as hold onto

" Through this rule, we are building a more functional and sensible asylum system to ensure that

" Through this rule, we are building a more functional and sensible asylum system to ensure that

At least 69 countries criminalise same-sex sexual acts, and at least nine countries target transgender and gender nonconforming residents by criminalising gender expression, according to Human Rights Watch.... In their letter, the group of senators asked the State Department for a status update on its “ global strategy to address discrimination ” against LGBT+ people and how “ Congress can assist in these efforts ”.... The letter was signed by Senators Richard Blumenthal, Cory Booker, Sherrod

Poland, Lithuania and the EU have accused Belarus of encouraging migrants, mostly from Iraq and Afghanistan, to cross the borders in order to put pressure on the bloc over sanctions Brussels imposed on Minsk over human rights abuses.... Polish officials said on Monday three people had died after crossing into Poland from Belarus, while a fourth person died inside Belarus.... The EU's envoy, Lotte Knudsen, also sharply criticised the Minsk authorities. President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ru

office said on Wednesday. Overall however, the number of asylum seekers who were granted protection

6, 000 Channel migrants have vanished after their asylum applications were withdrawn, it has emerged

App to apply for asylum to control the flow of migrants at the border, according to the administration

The UK has suspended asylum claims from Syria after rebels overthrew Bashar al-Assad