EU members seek fewer 'Solidarity Pool' relocations of asylum seekers from states under pressure

A ministers' meeting on Monday in Brussels will see several member states argue that the burden of the so-called "Solidarity ...

In Sweden, Lawen Redar embodies the Social Democrats' shift on immigration and integration

Born in Sweden to Kurdish parents, the MP and party spokesperson on integration advocates for a restrictive migration policy, ...
UNHCR

First group of asylum seekers relocated from Italy to Sweden

ROME, Italy, Oct 9 (UNHCR) - A first group of 19 asylum seekers was relocated from Italy to Sweden today under an EU relocation scheme. The asylum seekers who arrived in Sicily by boat over the last ...
Human Rights WatchOpinion

US: Processing Freeze Scapegoats Immigrants, Asylum Seekers

The Trump administration’s latest actions on immigration policy appear to be based on punitive hostility toward people of ...

EU updates asylum guidance for Syrians a year after Assad's fall

The European Union's asylum agency says it is updating its guidance for applications by Syrian nationals one year after the ...
The Economist

Will Britain copy asylum policy from a place with poor integration?

Ms Mahmood was outlining some dramatic changes to Britain’s asylum system. Arguing that Britain had become soft, she declared that the state would drop its legal obligation to support destitute asylum ...