The city of Toronto is opening up hotel rooms for 150 asylum seekers following a $97-million pledge from the federal government toward shelter spaces for refugees and those seeking asylum. “We know that Torontonians are generous. We know that together we can be welcoming for refugee claimants so they have dignity, so they don’t have…
Toronto Opens Hotel Rooms for 150 Asylum Seekers Following $97 Million Pledge From Ottawa
All Chinese Asylum Applications in May Rejected in Australia
Refugee applications in Australia saw a surge in May, with Chinese applicants coming in second, the latest figures from Australia’s Department of Home Affairs revealed. According to the latest figures released, 1,896 people living in Australia have applied for onshore asylum visas, the highest number since February 2020. Among the nearly 2,000 asylum applications, only…
Sweden at Risk of Deporting China’s Most Famous Asylum Seeker
Commentary The most famous asylum seeker from China today, Baolige Wurina, is again facing potential denial of his asylum request, deportation to China, and certain persecution. Sweden, otherwise known as a safe haven for the persecuted, risks ruining its reputation due to its sheer ignorance of communist China. The case got the attention of Swedish…
UK Orders Investigation Into ‘Red Flags Missed’ as Afghan Asylum Seeker Jailed for Murder
An asylum seeker from Afghanistan—who had already killed two people in Serbia—has been jailed for life for a murder in England as the government announced an investigation into “red flags missed” prior to his arrest. Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai—who gave a false age when he arrived in Britain—was found guilty on Monday of the murder of Thomas…
Border Agency Pledges to Deport 219% More Illegal Foreigners in 2023
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is targeting a 219 percent increase in the deportation of illegal foreigners from Canadian soil this year, a memo from the agency says. “The performance objective for total removals in fiscal year 2022 to 2023 is set at 16,312, which represents a 219 percent increase of the prior year’s…
Convicted of Murder, Afghan Asylum Seeker Who Claimed to Be a Child Had Killed Before in Serbia
An Afghan asylum seeker who claimed he was 16 when he was actually 21, has been found guilty of murdering a young man in England, but it has emerged that he was also convicted in absentia of a double murder in Serbia. Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai faces a mandatory life sentence after a jury at Salisbury Crown…
MP Says UK Asylum Seeker Suspected of Raping Boy Skipped Bail and Vanished
A Conservative MP has raised in Parliament the case of an asylum seeker who has gone missing from a hotel in his constituency after being released on police bail following his arrest and questioning over the rape of a boy in a hotel in London. Greg Smith, the MP for Buckingham, raised the case in…
Denmark in Talks With Rwanda on Transfer of Asylum-Seekers
COPENHAGEN—Denmark is in talks with Rwanda about setting up a new procedure for transferring asylum seekers to the East African nation, mirroring a similar move by Britain announced last week. A deal with Rwanda would make Denmark the first European Union member to effectively bypass the bloc’s fragmented migration and asylum system. “Our dialogue with…
Biloela Family to Live in Perth
A Tamil family from Biloela that has been on Christmas Island for two years will be reunited on the Australian mainland. Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has decided to allow the Sri Lankan family to reside in the Perth community. “In making this determination, I am balancing the government’s ongoing commitment to strong border protection policies…
Sudanese Man Kills French Immigration Official After Asylum Bid Rejected
PARIS—A Sudanese asylum seeker stabbed and killed an employee at a migrant center in the southern French city of Pau on Friday after his request for political asylum was rejected, authorities said. The killer had no terrorist motives, the Pau prosecutor said on Saturday. Prosecutor Cecile Gensac said that the assailant was not on a…
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