World
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International
11/20/2024 11:50:04 PM
Spain will grant residency and work permits to about 300,000 migrants living in the country illegally each year for the next three years, the country's migration minister said Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
11/17/2024 7:40:54 PM
Egypt's House of Representatives approved in principle its first domestic legislation to regulate the affairs of refugees and asylum seekers.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/24/2024 2:42:24 PM
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) announced Thursday that more than 748,000 refugees and asylum-seekers are registered with the UN agency in Egypt, most of whom are women and children who came fleeing the Sudanese war that broke out in April 2023.
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World
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International
8/22/2024 6:06:24 PM
Hungary's anti-immigration government is prepared to provide free one-way tickets to Brussels for migrants and asylum seekers attempting to enter the European Union, a minister said Thursday in response to hefty fines recently imposed on the country over its restrictive asylum policies.
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World
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International
8/7/2024 2:09:11 PM
Thousands of UK riot police on Wednesday stood ready to deal with more potential outbreaks of violence, which erupted more than a week ago after three children were murdered.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/20/2024 8:03:00 PM
Egypt, a host country for refugees and asylum seekers from 62 different nationalities, reiterated on Thursday the importance of intensifying international efforts to ensure the fair implementation of the principle of burden and responsibility sharing for refugees.
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World
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International
6/12/2024 5:58:00 PM
The EU's member countries in the coming months are to prepare plans on how they will implement overhauled rules for asylum-seekers to be operational in mid-2026, the European Commission said on Wednesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
6/11/2024 4:34:04 PM
The UK policy of deporting asylum-seekers to Rwanda is not only inhumane and against international law but is also unlikely to solve the problem of migration, writes Habiba Diaaeldin
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World
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International
6/5/2024 11:53:57 AM
The United States will temporarily close its Mexico border to asylum seekers from Wednesday, as President Joe Biden as tries to neutralize his political weakness on migration ahead of November's election battle with Donald Trump.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
4/30/2024 11:52:12 AM
In a darkly lit arts studio in London, five young actors highlight their scripts and go over their lines: the latest cast of Phosphoros Theatre, a company that empowers refugees and asylum seekers to tell their story on stage.
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World
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Africa
2/19/2024 1:48:47 PM
Britain's legislation on its controversial plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing undercuts basic rights principles, the UN human rights chief said Monday.
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World
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International
12/20/2023 10:32:21 AM
EU countries and lawmakers reached an agreement Wednesday on an overhaul of the bloc's laws on handling asylum-seekers and migrants, officials said.
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World
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Africa
11/15/2023 3:34:32 PM
Britain’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the government’s contentious plan to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda is illegal, striking a major blow to a key policy of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government that has drawn international attention and criticism.
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World
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Region
11/7/2023 2:51:27 PM
Germany on Tuesday agreed to tighten rules for asylum seekers, cutting financial help for migrants seeking refuge and speeding up the decision process on whether to take them in.
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World
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International
10/4/2023 3:20:51 PM
EU states on Wednesday agreed to the final part of an overhaul for rules on how they handle asylum seekers and irregular migrants, setting up a push to make it law by elections next year.
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World
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International
9/16/2023 11:00:21 PM
The European Union said Saturday that its top official Ursula von der Leyen would visit the Italian island of Lampedusa, after Rome called on Brussels for help after a surge in migrant arrivals.
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World
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International
9/14/2023 11:24:59 AM
Families seeking asylum in the UK face inadequate living conditions in government-provided temporary housing, affecting their mental and physical health and access to children's education, Human Rights Watch said Thursday.
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World
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Region
9/5/2023 9:31:42 AM
The United Nations' rights chief said Monday he was "alarmed" by the high number of injuries during recent clashes in Israel involving Eritrean protesters.
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World
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Region
9/2/2023 6:44:06 PM
A dozen Eritrean asylum seekers were wounded by Israeli police gunfire in Tel Aviv on Saturday after a demonstration against an Eritrean government event turned violent, police and medical sources said.
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World
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Region
6/25/2023 9:51:27 PM
Hundreds of protesters rallied Saturday near Spain's North African exclave of Melilla, bordering Morocco, to mark a mass attempt by migrants to storm the territory, in which at least 23 people died.
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