Asylum seekers

Supreme Court backs Trump on asylum policy, ends TPS protections for Haitians, Syrians

This comes after the Supreme Court granted other administration requests related to immigration, such as allowing the DHS to deport immigrants to countries where they have no ties.

The U.S. Supreme Court on the day the court issued a ruling that the government can restrict asylum claims processing at the U.S. border, in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 25, 2026.
Metropolitan Police officers stand on duty at Wembley Stadium in London on August 15, 2024.

Man convicted of terror plot allowed to stay in UK after wife banned for supporting Islamic State

Iranian players gesture from the bench during the AFC Women’s Asian Cup Group A match between South Korea and Iran at Robina Stadium on the Gold Coast, Australia, March 2, 2026.

Iranian women's soccer players 'were misled,' in Australia, Pezeshkian says in video address

Pro-Palestinian protesters gather on the Zuiderstrand beach, during a protest against the violence in Gaza, on the sidelines of a NATO Summit, in The Hague, Netherlands, June 24, 2025.

Palestinians appear as largest asylum seeker group in Netherlands early 2026 data


Malaysia to hand 1,200 Myanmar detainees to country's navy

Malaysia is home to more than 154,000 asylum-seekers from Myanmar.

Myanmar army armoured vehicles drive past a street after they seized power in a coup in Mandalay

Review of security screening for immigrants to US awaits completion

President Joe Biden repealed the so-called Muslim ban on immigration, but has instructed a review of the immigrant vetting process, the stated reason for the Trump Administration’s policy.

US President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, US, February 5, 2021.

Biden to raise current US refugee cap from historic lows

Biden said he plans to set the limit for fiscal year 2022, which begins on Oct. 1, 2021, at 125,000 refugees.

Couple sits covered with a blanket as refugees and migrants camp on a road following a fire at the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos

Judge blocks dramatic Trump administration overhaul of US asylum system

The injunction undermines the Trump administration's last-minute efforts to solidify its hardline immigration policies.

US President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally at Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Asylum seekers' kindergarten broken into, vandalized, while kids present

The Unitef kindergarten is used primarily by asylum seekers and non-Hebrew speaking migrants in south Tel Aviv.

Children at a kindergarten for asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv.

Sudanese nationals in Israel fear deportation after peace deal

Many in country illegally worry about their fate – which could include death.

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Right to asylum, recognized after Holocaust, may be at its end

On June 15, the Trump administration proposed exhaustive new asylum regulations that, if implemented, could mark the end of asylum as we know it.

Hands reaching towards barbed wire (Illustrative)

The Eritrean cooking course teaching Israelis about asylum seekers

Kitchen Talks is a social project that aims to connect different groups in Israeli society.

Chef Asmait Merhatsion runs the ‘Kitchen Talks’ program

Struggling asylum seekers call on government to release withheld funds

"Most asylum seekers aren’t eligible for any of these things. The government must release our money now, to prevent a real humanitarian disaster."

Asylum seekers demonstrate in front of the Knesset

140,000 refugees flee Turkey for Europe, despite coronavirus fears

Turkey sends flights to evacuate its own citizens while it denies health care to asylum seekers who flee to Greece amid unprecedented EU closures

Children sit in an auto rickshaw in Tal Abyad, one of the cities in which Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan plans to resettle Syrian refugees