Asylum seekers

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

Shah Rahman, a Bangladeshi national, pleaded guilty to charges of engaging in conduct in preparation for terrorist acts and was sentenced to 17 years in prison before being released in 2017.

Metropolitan Police officers stand on duty at Wembley Stadium in London on August 15, 2024.
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

Police officers stand outside New Scotland Yard, the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, in London, Britain March 21, 2023.

Afghan national jailed for 15 years in the UK for raping 12-year-old girl


UK grants Arab Israeli asylum due to 'well-founded fear' of 'apartheid'

The Arab Israeli claimed that Israel maintains an "apartheid system of racial control by its Jewish citizens over its Palestinian citizens."

 People demonstrate on the day of a vote on the motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, in London, Britain, February 21, 2024.

EU border agency says stopping migration is impossible

Those fleeing wars have the right to asylum in the EU, which has sheltered millions of Ukrainians fleeing Russia's invasion since 2022.

A German police officer holds wristbands used to tag suspected illegal migrants after they were detained by German police during their patrol along the German-Polish border to prevent illegal migration, in Forst, Germany, September 20, 2023.

LGBTQ+ Palestinians can request asylum in Israel, court rules

The Population Authority's position is that all Palestinians are not subject to the UN's Refugee Convention.

Thousands take part in the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 1, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Pakistan's National Airline faces crisis as yet another flight attendant vanishes into Canada

Pakistan International Airlines flight attendants have been failing to report back after landing in Toronto, and while some blame low salaries and fear of privatization, the airline blames Canada.

 A Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) passenger plane prepares to take off from the Benazir International airport in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 9, 2016.

Eritreans arrested in Tel Aviv knife brawl, one asylum seeker killed

Fifteen asylum seekers were arrested by police for involved in a suspect knife brawl in which 10 Eritreans were injured.

Police guard while Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

Deputy Tel Aviv mayor and family attacked by Eritrean youth

Goren called on the cooperation of local and state officials in addressing the problems of illegal immigration and lawlessness in south Tel Aviv.

Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea and pro regime activists clash with Israeli police in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

Religious Zionist MK to advance bill greatly limiting migration into Israel

If the bill is to pass, Israel would have a set annual quota for people gaining refugee status in the country.

 Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

Eritrean asylum seeker clashes are unacceptable – don't make them worse - editorial

Benjamin Netanyahu is correct in saying that the violence is absolutely unacceptable – and ultimately the blame lies with the protesters themselves.

 Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea protest outside a conference of regime supporters in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023

SpaceX sued by US government over alleged asylee, refugee discrimination

Data from the company showed that in that period, 10,000 employees were hired. Of those 10,000, only one was an asylum seeker, allegedly hired months after the investigation began. 

 JEWISH UKRAINIAN refugees arrive at an IFCJ-JDC emergency shelter in Chisinau, Moldova, March 2022.

UK unlawfully housing unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in hotels

Judge Martin Chamberlain upheld a legal challenge brought by ECPAT over the accommodation of unaccompanied children seeking asylum.

 Immigration and police officers stand next to a car believed to have been used in a petrol bomb attack on the Border Force processing center in Dover, Britain, October 30, 2022.