asylum seekers

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U.K. top court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda

7:26am December 19, 2022

by Willem Marx

The ruling comes months after the government introduced a plan to deport hundreds of potential asylum-seekers to Rwanda. Immigration lawyers and human rights groups have warned of rights violations.

A soldier carries a child from a group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dover, England, by Border Force, following a small boat incident in the Channel, Tuesday June 14, 2022.

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U.K. vows more Rwanda deportation flights after legal setback

5:00am June 15, 2022

by The Associated Press

A Tuesday flight was canceled after the European Court of Human Rights, which said the British plan had a chance of causing "irreversible harm."

A flight scheduled to take asylum-seekers, regardless of their nationality, to Rwanda awaits its passengers Tuesday at Boscombe Down Air Base, 80 miles east of London. The flight was halted by a court injunction.

Sending asylum-seekers from Britain to Rwanda is human trafficking, an advocate says

8:07pm June 14, 2022

by Leila Fadel

The U.K. had planned to fly a group of asylum-seekers to Rwanda until a court stepped in. It's part of a new British immigration policy that's been widely criticized as cruel.

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Migrants aiming to cross into Poland camp near the Bruzgi-Kuznica border crossing on the Belarusian-Polish border on Nov. 17.

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Syrians say Belarus deported them even though they're wanted by Assad's regime

4:41pm December 24, 2021

After luring asylum-seekers to the EU as a political stunt, Belarus has now sent people back to the dangerous place they were escaping, rights groups and migrants tell NPR.

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President Biden speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House on July 21 after returning from a trip to Cincinnati.

Politics & Government

Pressure Is Building On Biden To Do More For Asylum-Seekers And Migrants

9:00pm July 26, 2021

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden, who spoke Monday to the nation's largest Latino civil rights group, is under pressure to make good on his promises to fix the immigration system.

Clive Thompson reads aloud the letter that means he and his wife, Oneita, no longer need to fear deportation. They are joined by their son, Timothy, 15.

National

'All Our Opportunity Was Taken Away': Sanctuary Family Slowly Restarts Life

5:00am May 13, 2021

by Laura Benshoff

The Thompsons, originally from Jamaica, spent 843 days living in churches in Philadelphia to avoid deportation. Now they are free, but reentry comes with new challenges.

Children are detained in a Customs and Border Protection temporary overflow facility in Donna, Texas on March 20. President Biden's administration faces mounting criticism for refusing to allow outside observers into facilities that are detaining thousand

CBP Defends Conditions At Border Detention Centers Amid Upsurge In Migrants

6:02pm March 23, 2021

by Scott Neuman

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released photos and video of Texas immigrant processing centers that have faced fresh criticism for overcrowding and poor conditions.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection released the latest statistics on Wednesday showing agents encountered nearly 3,500 migrants a day during February 2021 — a 28% spike over January.

Number Of Unaccompanied Minors Entering U.S. Soared In February

11:48am March 11, 2021

by Vanessa Romo

The swelling number of minors has left CBP scrambling to quickly move children from detention in crude holding cells built to house adult men to temporary shelters appropriate for adolescents.

World News

'Remain In Mexico' Policy's End Brings Renewed Hope To Asylum Seekers

8:01am February 14, 2021

by Carrie Kahn

Central American migrants are thankful for the Biden administration's plans to go back to admitting them to the U.S. as their asylum claims are processed. But many still worry about future obstacles.

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A Salvadoran girl sits inside a camp for asylum-seekers on Sunday in Matamoros, Mexico, where some 600 people who left Central America have been waiting for immigration court hearings.

Biden Team Unveils New Asylum System To Replace Trump's 'Remain In Mexico'

11:46am February 12, 2021

by Alana Wise

President Biden has called his predecessor's "Remain in Mexico" program for asylum-seekers "inhumane." Next week, a new program begins, but details are still being worked out.

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