Search results for ‘asylum’
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Ecuador expected to grant asylum to Julian Assange
The Ecuador government is expected to grant asylum to the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, almost two months after he arrived at the South American country’s embassy seeking refuge.
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Assange seeks asylum in Ecuador embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is applying for political asylum at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London after failing in his bid to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sex crime allegations.
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UK returns 36 asylum-seekers to Sri Lanka
Colombo sources tells Channel 4 News that an aircraft chartered by the British government to forcibly return failed Sri Lankan asylum-seekers has landed in the city.
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UK goes ahead with deporting 42 Sri Lankan asylum seekers
Lawyers fail in attempts to stop deportations, as MPs, human rights groups and lawyers condemn the removal of failed asylum seekers to Sri Lanka.
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Three Sri Lankan asylum seekers' deportations deferred
Jonathan Miller learns that some of the failed Sri Lankan asylum seekers may not be deported by the UK on Thursday after all.
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FactCheck gives Government Green card on asylum ‘amnesty’
The Home Affairs Select Committee has accused the Government of operating a de facto amnesty for asylum seekers whose cases have not yet been dealt with. FactCheck investigates…
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Asylum figures reveal ‘amnesty’ to stay in UK
With MPs claiming a “silent amnesty” for asylum seekers has been created in order to hit targets, an academic tells Channel 4 News the mismatch between rhetoric and practice fuels public discontent.
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Asylum seekers set fire to Australian detention centre
A roof-top protest by detainees led to a riot, with several buildings burned down at a Sydney detention centre.
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Australian PM cuts holiday short after asylum boat crash
Dozens of people are feared dead after the boat they were in smashed into rocks on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.
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Pakistani cricketer seeks asylum in UK
Pakistani cricketer Zulqarnain Haider confirms he has sought asylum in the UK. The 24-year old claims he received death threats for refusing to fix matches.
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Pakistani cricketer ‘does not want asylum in UK’
The family of the Pakistani cricketer who fled to Britain claiming he’d received death threats has told Channel 4 News that he is not seeking asylum in the UK.
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Johnson: 83 per cent of asylum cases not genuine?
The Home Secretary says 83 per cent of asylum cases aren’t genuine – but do the figures back him up? FactCheck doesn’t think so.
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Only way to stop the boats is an agreement with the EU, ex-UK Border Force chief says
We spoke to Tony Smith, a former Director General of the UK Border force and head of Border Control, who’s now a global border security consultant.
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More than 400 people now charged as riot sentencing continues
More than 400 people have now been charged in connection with the recent disorder, with 64 people sent to jail.
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‘Our mental health system has not been invested in’ – mental health consultant on Nottingham attacks
We spoke to Julian Hendy, the founder of the Hundred Families charity, and Dr Colin King, a mental health survivor who’s become a practitioner himself.