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EU lists seven ‘safe’ countries of origin, tightening asylum rules

April 16, 2025 Umberto Bacchi  

(AFP) The European Union on Wednesday published a list of seven countries it considers “safe,” in a bid to speed up migrant returns by making it harder for citizens of those nations to claim asylum in the bloc. The list — which […]

Immigration

Asylum seekers from Muslim-majority countries disproportionately imprisoned at Texas border

August 31, 2023 Hamed Aleaziz  

(LA Times) Each time he escaped danger on the journey that would eventually bring him to California, Shamsuddin Shams made sure to video-chat with his mother. She liked it that way — to not only hear his voice but see his face, […]

Government & Politics

EU weighs plans to impose rules on NGO migrant rescue ships

November 25, 2022 Lorne Cook  

(AP) European Union interior ministers on Friday weighed proposals to ease tensions between France and Italy over migrants arriving on their shores without authorization, including a possible crackdown on charity-run ships doing search and rescue work in the Mediterranean Sea. In recent […]

Government & Politics

Biden frees frozen Afghan billions for relief, 9/11 victims

February 11, 2022 Aamer Madhani and Kathy Gannon  

(AP) President Joe Biden signed an order Friday to free $7 billion in Afghan assets now frozen in the U.S., splitting the money between humanitarian aid for poverty-stricken Afghanistan and a fund for Sept. 11 victims still seeking relief for the terror […]

Government & Politics

Lukashenko assails EU for refusing to hold talks on migrants

November 22, 2021 Monika Scislowska and Vladimir Isachenkov  

(AP) The authoritarian leader of Belarus on Monday sharply criticized the European Union for its refusal to hold talks on the influx of migrants on the country’s border with Poland. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko urged Germany to accommodate about 2,000 migrants who […]

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5 years on, stalled EU-Turkey migrant deal remains a model

March 18, 2021 Lorne Cook and Suzan Fraser  

(AP) Five years after it was signed, the widely-criticized deal between the European Union and Turkey aimed at preventing migrants from entering Greece no longer works, but the Europeans insist it has served them well and will do so again. Not only […]

Government & Politics

Johnson: Migrant crossings ‘bad, stupid, dangerous and criminal’ (LINK ONLY)

August 10, 2020 EoI News  

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Government & Politics

Trump administration considers a drastic cut in refugees allowed to enter U.S.

September 6, 2019 Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Michael D. Shear  

(NY Times) The White House is considering a plan that would keep most refugees who are fleeing war, persecution and famine out of the United States, significantly cutting back a decades-old program, according to current and former administration officials. One option that […]

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