Tag: asylum
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Senate Republicans demand asylum changes as part of Biden’s emergency spending request
[ad_1] Senate Republicans are demanding an overhaul to America’s “broken asylum process” as a condition for passing President Biden’s $106 billion emergency spending request to Congress. Members of the Senate Republican Working Group released a one-page document Monday titled “Solutions for the Southern Border Crisis” which outlines several policy changes aimed at shrinking the number…
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What to Know as the U.K. Appeals a Ruling on Its Rwanda Asylum Policy
[ad_1] The British government began its appeal on Monday of an earlier court decision that determined a policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful, opening the latest chapter in a legal saga that has played out since the highly contentious plan was announced in 2022. The policy, which Britain’s Conservative government has maintained…
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Asylum Backlog Reaches Record High
[ad_1] Labour has said the immigration system is in “complete chaos”, after the asylum backlog hit a record high. Official statistics released on Thursday showed 175,457 people were waiting for an initial decision on an asylum application in the UK at the end of June 2023. This is up 44% from 122,213 at the end…
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UK’s new asylum ‘floating prison’ barge — outlier or trendsetter?
[ad_1] The UK government has begun moving asylum seekers onto a barge — amid legal challenges and protest from human rights groups. The Bibby Stockholm, moored off the south coast of England, is expected to hold over 500 men aged from 18 to 65 while they await the verdict of asylum applications. Originally built to…
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Why Britain wants to shout about its offshore asylum ship – POLITICO
[ad_1] Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — Walking up a narrow gangplank, a small group of asylum seekers boarded the floating barge moored off England’s south coast. It would be their home for the foreseeable future. Their arrival Monday was being closely monitored — and amplified — at…
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Lee Anderson tells asylum seekers to ‘f*** off back to France’
[ad_1] Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email The Conservative party’s deputy chairman Lee Anderson said asylum seekers complaining about being moved into the Bibby Stockholm barge should “f*** off back to France”. The senior Tory’s incendiary comments came after…
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Biden’s curfew program for families seeking asylum will expand to California
[ad_1] The Biden administration plans to expand a program that places families that cross the border without authorization under a home curfew, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Thursday. The expansion to new cities — including San Francisco, San Diego and San José, which will join the program this week — indicates that more migrant…
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Migrant crisis in New York City worsens as asylum seekers are forced to sleep on sidewalks
[ad_1] The migrant crisis in New York City is reaching a breaking point, with some asylum seekers now being forced to sleep on the streets. In midtown Manhattan, asylum seekers are sleeping on the sidewalks outside the Roosevelt Hotel, which is now a migrant processing center for city shelters. Adrian Daniel Jose is among the…
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Asylum barge plan ‘unworkable’, critics say after Braverman’s missed target
[ad_1] For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Suella Braverman’s plan to house asylum seekers on barges was branded “unworkable” as she missed her own target for the first vessel to be in place. The…
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Government could be forced to pay millions to police asylum barges and military bases
[ad_1] Get the free Morning Headlines electronic mail for information from our reporters the world over Signal as much as our free Morning Headlines electronic mail The federal government might be compelled to pay police thousands and thousands of kilos to cowl safety operations round Rishi Sunak’s asylum barges and navy bases, The Unbiased can…