Asylum seekers

Pro-Hamas Palestinian who entered UK illegally now living in taxpayer-funded asylum housing

Also known as Mosab Abdulkarim Al-Gassas, he pleaded guilty to trying to enter the UK on a small boat without leave or valid entry clearance and served a 9-month sentence.

 Abu Wadei posing with an M4 carbine, Facebook account @Abo Wadie Alkassas
Moroccan security forces clash with migrants attempting to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta near the town of Fnideq, on the Morocco-Spain border, on July 31, 2026.

Spain plans stricter rules on asylum seekers in Ceuta after border crisis, draft decree shows

SOME 1,300 members and supporters of the Eritrean Blue Revolution Front attend their August Congress in Israel. The movement, which grew out of the diaspora-based Brigade N’Hamedu, says it seeks to turn years of activism into organized political opposition to President Isaias Afwerki’s government.

Eritrea's Blue Revolution: Inside the movement challenging one of Africa's longest-serving rulers

IRANIAN DISSIDENT Heydarian attends a regional NGO consultation in Geneva. He is now living in hiding while appealing Switzerland’s rejection of his asylum application.

Switzerland rejects asylum application from Iranian refugee pursuing Judaism


Britain announces largest asylum policy overhaul in modern times

As part of the changes, the statutory duty to provide support to certain asylum seekers, including housing and weekly allowances, will be revoked, the Home Office said in a statement.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood visit Peacehaven Mosque in Peacehaven, United Kingdom, on October 23, 2025.

US refugee system may undergo overhaul to favor white South Africans, English-speakers - NYT

The system for taking in asylum seekers is being considered to undergo a complete change by the Trump administration.

 Shipping containers and concertina wires are used as border fence on the bank of the Rio Grande river in Eagle Pass, Texas, US, January 17, 2024.

Trump administration urges other nations to join its push to restrict asylum rights

Top Trump officials call for global overhaul of asylum protections, aiming to reshape the post-WWII migration system and address asylum abuse.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after signing an executive order on a deal that would divest TikTok's U.S. operations from ByteDance from its Chinese owner ByteDance, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 25, 2025.

UK offers fully funded scholarships to Gazan students, medical aid for children

Lammy and Cooper said that their government was also bringing Gazan children in need of medical care to receive treatment from UK National Health Service specialists.

A Palestinian woman carries a box as people seek aid supplies from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), in the central Gaza Strip, August 4, 2025.

UK's Farage sets out plan for 'mass deportation' of asylum seekers

Farage cited US President Donald Trump's record on immigration as inspiration for his policies.

Britain's Reform UK Party leader Nigel Farage speaks at a news conference in London, Britain, August 4, 2025.

Border agents directed to stop deportations under Trump's asylum ban after court order - CBS

Officials at Customs and Border Protection were instructed this weekend to stop deportations under Trump's asylum ban and process migrants under US immigration law, CBS said.

 Migrants stand near the border wall after crossing the Rio Bravo river with the intention of turning themselves in to the U.S. Border Patrol agents, as seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 30, 2023

Police arrest six minors, one Israeli suspect in gang-affiliated Tel Aviv bus assault

Police have announced that all suspects will be brought before the court today for hearings on extending their detention.

 Buses in central Jerusalem, February 12, 2025

Asylum seeker to launch podcast to explore African refugee experiences in Israel and beyond

The podcast, “Behind the Silence of Africa,” will highlight stories of Israel’s asylum seekers and their origins, as well as their community’s collective struggle.

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Deadly Austria attack: suspect swore allegiance to IS, had IS flag

The suspected perpetrator had sworn allegiance to the Islamic State and had its flag in his apartment and he was also an asylum seeker in Germany who had been radicalized online.

 Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner speaks next to Carinthia's Governor Peter Kaiser, Günther Albel, mayor of the town of Villach and Carinthia's Police Chief Michaela Kohlweiss at a press conference outside a police station in the town of Villach, February 16, 2025.

Asylum seekers were victims of Oct. 7. Israel's gov't must do more to support them - opinion

Just as wars and pandemics do not discriminate, so, too, should the state provide support to all those affected by Hamas’s heinous attack and the war that followed.

African asylum seekers line up to apply for a visa in Bnei Brak, Israel