The European Union’s asylum agency said Tuesday the number of people seeking international protection in Europe hit its lowest level last year since 2013, but that the drop was mostly due to coronavirus travel restrictions. The European Asylum Support Office, or EASO, said in a new report that 485, 000 asylum applications were made in the 27 EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland in 2020.... That’s a 32-per-cent decrease over the previous year.It said, “ reduced applic

Large numbers of Haitian migrants made their way to Del Rio, Texas, this month, forming a camp of 14, 000 people just north of the Mexican border.... 20 who did not show up between Tuesday and Thursday would lose their spot.... " Once there's space, they will offer you the corresponding information." Some people were turned away....

Priti Patel, 49, has unveiled an alteration to the Nationalities and Borders Bill which allows the Home Office to consider a newly arrived migrant’s asylum claim for longer than the six-month limit it was previously constrained to.... The update to the Bill comes after 27migrantsdied when their small boat collapsed as they attempted to make the perilous journey across the Channel to the UK, in the biggest single loss of life in the Channel since records began in 2014, according to the Internati

Emad Al Swealmeen, the man who is believed to be behind the" improvised explosive device" that caused the blast outside the Liverpool hospital last month, had his NIN application approved by the Department for Work and Pensions( DWP) although it was ruled, years earlier, he could not stay in the UK. Swealmeen, 32, was picked up by taxi driver David Perry in his home in Rutland Avenue, near Sefton Park. Head of Counter Terrorism Policing North West, Russ Jackson, said:" As the taxi approached the

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' 177CommentsThe Prime Minister's about to get a taste of his own medicine amid asylum backlash29CommentsFurious Nigel Farage erupts at new asylum record under Labour:' Disaster!... Another 12, 200 arrived on a work visa, prompting more fears of widespread abuse.... Worryingly, this is not just driven by the small boats, which account for only 39% of claims in the last year.“ Many people are also arriving on legal routes only to then claim asylum at a later date....

LONDON( Reuters)-Britain will seek to stop adults posing as children when claiming asylum by drawing up new scientific assessments to help determine an applicant's age, the government said on Wednesday. Adults were found to be posing as children in two thirds of claims disputed on the basis of age, the government said citing data from 1, 696 cases in the year to September 2021." The practice of single grown adult men, masquerading as children claiming asylum is an appalling abuse of our system w

Critics say it shows Britain is seen as a" soft touch" and an easier place to seek refuge than France.... However, the current and historic figures are both underestimates as they only cover migrants' first applications and not whether they are eventually allowed to remain after appeal. The figures also show how the asylum system is now swamped with applicants.... In the past 12 months there were 37, 562 asylum applications lodged, more than double the figure 10 years ago....

Join our Whatsapp channel BERLIN: Germany said on Monday that it no longer took top spot in the European Union for new asylum applications, as a media report citing EU data put France and Spain ahead. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said the latest figures reflected measures taken to restrain “ irregular migration towards Europe as a whole as well as to Germany itself ”.... “ For the first time in years Germany is no longer the country in which the most applications are filed ” in Europe, she ad

But they were backed by Brexit supporters by 57 per cent to 23. YouGov asked: “ The government has proposed a deal where some people who have entered Britain and applied for asylum will be flown to Rwanda, in Africa, for their asylum applications to be processed.... Do you support or oppose this proposal?... ” Recommended Boris Johnson confirms plans to send thousands of migrants ‘swiftly’ to Rwanda What is Rwanda’s record on human rights?...