LONDON — The High Court in London on Monday ruled in favor of the government’s highly contentious policy to deport asylum seekers who arrive in Britain by boat to Rwanda, but it also said that eight specific deportation cases should be reconsidered. The policy, which is intended to help deter …
Read More »Nigerian woman reports being gang-raped by fellow Nigerians seeking asylum in Cyprus
A Nigerian woman has reported she was allegedly gang raped at Pournara reception centre for asylum seekers in Kokkinotrimithia, Cyprus. The alleged sexual assault took place a few minutes after midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 15, by five men also from Nigeria, police insiders said. The young woman had …
Read More »Palestinian gay man is found beheaded after ‘he was abducted and taken to West Bank while seeking asylum in Israel’
Palestinian authorities have arrested a suspect over the killing of a gay man who was found decapitated in the occupied West Bank. It was gathered that the victim Ahmad Abu Marhia, 25, had been receiving death threats because of his sexual identity. A horrific video of the murder scene …
Read More »Canada sees new high in asylum seeker crossings from US
Asylum seekers are forced to cross border at informal points of entry due to contentious deal between US and Canada. The number of asylum seekers entering Canada at informal points along the country’s border with the United States has reached the highest level since 2017, federal police data shows, as …
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