The EU’s new asylum plan is filled with promise and peril

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The EU’s new asylum plan is filled with promise and peril

The European Union has proposed an ambitious new plan to deal with the thousands of asylum seekers who continue to arrive on Europe’s shores. But even top officials in the…

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In this Australian hotel, refugee and asylum seeker guests are not allowed to leave

Their signs are mostly made from bin bags stuck together with tape, and secured to the railing with shoelaces. “Where is justice?” one reads. All are suffering the effects of…

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Cuban doctors seeking asylum run border clinic amid pandemic

The Cuban nurse picked her way through the sprawling border camp on the banks of the Rio Grande, past tents housing a couple of thousand migrants. Mileydis Tamayo Salgado navigated…

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‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum hearings suspended through June 1 – News – Sarasota Herald-Tribune

SAN DIEGO (AP) ” The Trump administration on Thursday suspended immigration court hearings for asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico through June 1, bowing to public health concerns while extending a state…

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‘Remain in Mexico’ asylum hearings suspended through June 1

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Trump administration on Thursday suspended immigration court hearings for asylum-seekers waiting in Mexico through June 1, bowing to public health concerns while extending a state…

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US using coronavirus pandemic to unlawfully expel asylum seekers, says UN

An unprecedented US policy authorizing the summary expulsion of migrants and asylum seekers because of the coronavirus pandemic violates international law, the United Nations has warned. The Centers for Disease…

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Trump quietly shuts down asylum at US borders to fight virus :: WRAL.com

By MARIA VERZA, ELLIOT SPAGAT and ASTRID GALVAN, Associated Press SAN DIEGO — A U.S. Border Patrol agent wouldn’t let Jackeline Reyes explain why she and her 15-year-old daughter needed…

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Coronavirus Virginia

Trump quietly shuts down asylum at US borders to fight virus

SAN DIEGO – A U.S. Border Patrol agent wouldn’t let Jackeline Reyes explain why she and her 15-year-old daughter needed asylum, pointing to the coronavirus. That confrontation in Texas came…

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U.S. to rapidly turn away migrants, including those seeking asylum, over coronavirus

Citing the need to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration on Friday announced it would turn away border-crossing migrants, including those seeking refuge, by invoking sweeping…

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Guatemala suspends US flights of deportees, asylum seekers

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) – Guatemala announced Tuesday that it was suspending incoming flights carrying immigrants and asylum seekers sent by the United States, citing concerns over the global coronavirus pandemic.…

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