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World
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International
6/7/2021 6:29:27 PM
Greece on Monday designated neighboring Turkey as a safe country in which to seek international protection for the majority of asylum-seekers departing its shores for Greece
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World
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Africa
5/25/2021 5:47:39 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes and over 60,000 fled into Sudan
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World
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3/29/2021 8:09:18 PM
UNHCR has said it has received a growing number of reports in recent months suggesting asylum-seekers may have been pushed back to Turkey at sea or immediately after reaching Greek soil, or left adrift at sea
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World
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International
3/12/2021 7:39:53 PM
The move is another step to repeal policies of former President Donald Trump that discouraged people from seeking refuge in the US after it became the world's most popular destination for asylum-seekers in 2017
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World
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Africa
2/23/2021 11:08:07 AM
15 members of a contingent of Ethiopian peacekeepers in South Sudan, originally from the Tigray region, refused to return to Ethiopia, the UN said, citing their right to seek asylum if they fear for their lives
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World
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Region
2/20/2021 3:54:01 PM
“Two employees of the centre intervened, with a lot of courage. They held him by the arms and locked him in an office. He put up no resistance,” she told a news conference
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Egypt
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Politics
2/17/2021 9:43:43 PM
The UK Home Office said it will be 'carefully considering’ its next course of action about the court ruling
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World
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International
2/15/2021 8:52:18 PM
While Biden has taken some major steps in his first weeks in office to reverse Trump's hardline immigration policies, his administration hasn't lifted some of the most significant barriers to asylum-seekers
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World
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International
2/7/2021 9:40:21 PM
More than 1,200 migrants and asylum-seekers died while crossing the Mediterranean in 2020, according to the International Organization for Migration
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World
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International
1/9/2021 12:22:23 PM
U.S. District Judge James Donato of the Northern District of California granted an injunction sought by immigrant advocacy groups seeking to block the rule, which the Trump administration published on Dec. 11
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World
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Region
12/10/2020 6:47:22 PM
Immigrant shelters in Libya are crowded with thousands of immigrants either rescued from the sea or arrested by the Libyan security forces, despite international calls to close those centers.
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International
11/8/2020 3:24:55 AM
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Africa
10/28/2020 2:25:22 PM
Both Sudan and Israel have said in recent days that migration would be one of the issues on the agenda during upcoming meetings on bilateral cooperation
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World
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International
10/27/2020 2:48:14 PM
We are looking into the accusations levelled by several news organisations related to our activities at Greece's external borders, Europe's border security agency Frontex chief Fabrice Leggeri said in a statement
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Egypt
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Politics
10/6/2020 2:37:23 PM
Egypt has received refugees and asylum requests from 58 countries, including Syria, Sudan, Yemen, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Iraq
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World
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International
9/27/2020 11:41:24 AM
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World
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International
9/24/2020 3:28:23 PM
The European Commission, the bloc's executive, published new plans on Wednesday for tougher border controls and streamlined procedures for expelling rejected asylum seekers
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World
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International
9/14/2020 10:28:11 PM
The Greek coast guard said three died, 53 have been saved and efforts continued deep into the evening to locate other people who might be in the water.
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World
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International
9/13/2020 2:41:16 PM
Thousands of asylum seekers left homeless by fires at Europe's largest migrant camp
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World
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International
9/12/2020 2:00:08 PM
Thousands of men, women and children of asylum-seekers have spent a fourth night sleeping under improvised shelters made of reed stalks, blankets and salvaged tents
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