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Supreme Court clears way for Trump administration to revive restrictive policy for asylum seekers
June 25, 2026 10:14 pm
The justices, in a 6-3 decision, overturned a lower court order blocking the practice that limited the number of people who could apply for asylum each day.
Who is Vinod Doddamani? Indian-origin lawyer facing $250,000 fine over asylum fraud in US
June 25, 2026 12:59 am
ICE has moved to fine Indian-origin immigration attorney Vinod Doddamani over alleged fraudulent asylum filings and false documents in US courts.
5 ways Britain plans to overhaul its asylum system
November 21, 2025 3:50 pm
The new changes come amid rising support for Nigel Farage’s Reform UK, fuelled by public frustration over successive governments’ inability to curb unauthorised small-boat crossings in the English Channel and concerns about hotels being used to house asylum seekers.
UK govt set to reform asylum norms, refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently
November 16, 2025 10:37 am
The government has said that financial assistance to asylum seekers would become "discretionary", which implies that the administration would be able to deny the aid to those who are capable of working.
Top Hong Kong activist seeks asylum in the UK
December 22, 2020 5:46 pm
Nathan Law, a pro-democracy protest leader, says he is seeking protection in Britain after quitting Hong Kong over a national security law that has seen two other activists jailed.
Is Trump’s America tougher on asylum than other western countries?
September 15, 2019 9:22 am
Under President Donald Trump’s plan, migrants cannot apply for asylum unless they have already tried — and failed — to receive it in one of the countries they passed through on their way to the United States.
Trump pledges asylum crackdown, tent cities; is it legal?
November 02, 2018 8:52 am
Trump also tweeted a video Wednesday alleging, without evidence, that Democrats were responsible for allowing a homicidal immigrant into the U.S.
2,100 Indians granted asylum in the US between 2012-14
May 11, 2016 5:47 pm
V K Singh said that 425 Indians were given asylum in 2012, 1,042 in the year 2013 and a total of 716 Indian nationals were granted it in 2014.
Standoff ends at Australian immigration detention camp
November 10, 2015 5:30 pm
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said officers used tear gas to subdue the detainees, but declined to elaborate on what other tactics police used to quell the unrest.
Russia likely to prolong asylum for fugitive Snowden - Interfax
July 11, 2014 1:49 pm
Edward Snowden fled to Russia after leaking details of secret state surveillance programmes.
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