asylum seekers

A 12-year-old Iranian refugee girl, who had tried to set herself on fire with petrol, rests in a bed in Nauru, where nearly 1,000 refugees and asylum seekers have been sent by the government of Australia.

Why MSF Had To Stop Offering Mental Health Care To Refugees In Nauru

5:18pm October 12, 2018

by Rachel D. Cohen

Doctors Without Borders spent 11 months treating asylum seekers and refugees as well as locals. In early October, the government of the tiny island nation told them to shut down their operation.

Nicaraguan refugees fleeing their country due to unrest sleep in a Christian church in San José, Costa Rica, on July 28.

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200 Nicaraguans Claim Asylum Daily In Costa Rica, Fleeing Violent Unrest

7:00am August 26, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

For over four months, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has responded forcefully to nationwide protests. As many as 23,000 are seeking refuge next door.

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A police officer walks through a gate at the Tompa border station transit zone in April 2017. Hungary has two "transit zones" with shipping containers that are used to automatically detain migrants while their asylum claims are investigated. This month, H

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Hungary Intentionally Denying Food To Asylum-Seekers, Watchdog Groups Say

3:23pm August 22, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

Would-be refugees who have appealed their asylum claims in Hungary have been systematically deprived of food, observers say. The European Court of Human Rights has intervened on a case by case basis.

In this July 17 photo provided by Aziz Abdul, a man standing on a balcony at the East Lorengau Refugee Transit Center on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. The question of what will become of the hundreds of asylum-seekers banished by Australia to sweltering

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An Asylum-Seeker Wrote A Book By Phone Texts From Manus Island Detention

8:27am August 06, 2018

Behrouz Boochani has lived in detention on Manus for five years. He tells NPR about the book he wrote using WhatsApp that tells the story of his failed attempt to flee Iran for asylum in Australia.

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Sisters from Guatemala seeking asylum, cross a bridge to a port of entry in to the United States from Matamoros, Mexico, in Brownsville, Texas.

Denied Asylum, But Terrified To Return Home

10:23am July 21, 2018

by Joel Rose

Immigration lawyers say they're seeing an alarming spike in the number of asylum claims that are being rejected at the earliest stage, known as the credible fear interview.

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Rudy Migdael Ramirez in Jutiapa, Guatemala.

Deported Guatemalan Man Desperately Awaits Return Of 9-Year-Old Son From U.S. Custody

12:51pm July 20, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

The Ramirez family tried to seek asylum in the U.S. The dad says he was deported, but his son and wife are being held in the U.S. in separate facilities.

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The MV Lifeline, a vessel for the German charity Mission Lifeline, arrives with 234 migrants onboard in the harbour of Valletta, Malta, on Wednesday.

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EU Leaders Reach A Deal To Limit Migrant Travel

4:40pm June 29, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The deal calls for processing centers to be established on a "voluntary basis" to restrict migrants from moving within the European Union while asylum claims are being considered.

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Central American immigrants depart ICE custody, pending future immigration court hearings, on June 11 in McAllen, Texas.

Trump's Migrant Family Policy Now Moves To The Courts

11:13am June 22, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

At issue: How should cases proceed and what should happen to the more than 2,000 immigrant minors already detained in light of the president's executive order?

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President Trump, with DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, left, and Vice President Pence, right, prepares to sign an executive order ending the practice of separating migrant families. But the move leaves many questions unanswered.

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Trump's Executive Order On Family Separation: What It Does And Doesn't Do

10:25pm June 20, 2018

The president ends a policy that sent thousands of children to government-run facilities away from their parents; critics say he just created new problems, and kids already held may be there a while.

Politics & Government

Local Immigration Advocates Grapple With New Federal Asylum Ruling

12:48pm June 13, 2018

by David Ford

On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions ruled that fears of domestic and gang violence are not enough to grant asylum seekers lawful entry into the U.S. According to Sessions, in the case o