Search results for ‘asylum’
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Neo-Nazis suspected in German asylum seeker arson attack
Security at asylum sites in Germany are being stepped up after suspected Neo-Nazi fires break out at three empty buildings used to house asylum seekers.
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Afghan Sikhs claim asylum in Britain
The 34 Afghan Sikhs discovered in a shipping container in Tilbury are claiming asylum in the UK – and a test case will decide on how the government deals with claims from this minority group.
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Australian government blocked over Tamil asylum seekers
Australia’s high court stops the mid-ocean transfer of 153 Tamil asylum seekers to the Sri Lankan navy, days after 41 others were handed straight to the Sri Lankan police on their return.
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Is the UK doing enough for gay asylum seekers?
Gay and lesbian asylum seekers in Britain can face intimate sexual questions to “prove” their sexuality – and even then many are not allowed to stay in the country.
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Afghan atheist wins asylum ‘on religious grounds’
An Afghan citizen secures UK asylum on religious grounds because he is an atheist, in a case believed to be the first of its kind.
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Asylum seeker on hunger strike loses appeal bid
In a move branded a “death sentence” by campaigners, the High Court refuses release on bail to a Nigerian asylum seeker on hunger strike, but orders an urgent hearing of his case.
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Tony Abbott pledges to ‘stop the asylum boats’
Australia’s third prime minister in three months pledges a crackdown on asylum seekers as he is sworn into government, with a plan to buy up boats in Indonesia. But what impact will it have?
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Economy, marriage and asylum: Australia’s election debated
Kevin Rudd promises a same-sex marriage bill within 100 days if he is re-elected in Australia’s forthcoming elections. Channel 4 News examines this, and the other key election issues.
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‘I miss my family,’ says asylum seeker
The court of appeal quashes the convictions of five asylum seekers said to have used false passports to travel to the UK. Simon Israel has been hearing from one of those wrongly convicted.
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Edward Snowden to seek temporary asylum in Russia
Former intelligence agency contractor Edward Snowden, who disclosed details of US electronic surveillance programmes in June, will seek temporary asylum in Russia, human rights groups say.
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Snowden ‘likely to’ accept Venezuela asylum
Edward Snowden, the fugitive former US intelligence contractor, is likely to accept asylum in Venezuela, the journalist who first published his leaked security secrets has said.
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Asylum options shrink for whistleblower Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden has withdrawn his request for political asylum from Russia despite a growing number of countries rejecting his pleas for safe haven.
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Edward Snowden ‘asks Ecuador for asylum’
Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino says that former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden has asked Ecuador for asylum.
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Broadmoor: Savile was ‘a lunatic in charge of the asylum’
Questions were raised inside Broadmoor, the high-security psychiatric complex where staff laughed about Mr Savile’s psychopathic tendencies and where paedophiles gravitated toward him.
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Julian Assange granted asylum by Ecuador
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange is granted asylum by Ecuador as the country claims the Wikileaks founder will not be granted a fair trial on sexual assault charges.