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Reuters
May 20, 2025

EU seeks to relax rules on turning away asylum seekers

Latest overhaul aims at reducing migration to the bloc, sparking criticism from rights groups

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Reuters
Apr 09, 2025

Germany’s incoming govt agrees to get tougher on illegal migration

The agreement document says, the parties want to suspend family reunification for people with a so-called subsidiary protection status.

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Web Desk
Oct 26, 2024

UK: Heavy police presence as anti-immigrant, anti-racist protests begin

The protests come as official figures showed the number of asylum seekers crossing into Europe hit 29,578,

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DW
Aug 09, 2024

Sweden: Net immigration for first time in over 50 years

The Scandinavian country is set to receive the lowest number of asylum-seekers since 1997, and, for the first time in over 50 years, “Sweden has net immigration,” according to the Ministry of Justice.

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Web Desk
Aug 08, 2024

UK faces surge in far-right riots and counter-protests

In Brentford, west London, demonstrators chanted “This is what community looks like,” while other cities saw counter-protests overshadowing far-right groups.

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Hum News
Jul 22, 2024

Govt withdraws decision to deny passports to asylum seekers abroad

The federal government on Monday reversed its earlier decision to halt the issuance of passports to Pakistanis seeking asylum abroad.

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DW
Jul 13, 2024

Finland passes bill to stop asylum-seekers at border

The new law comes following a dramatic increase in the number of asylum-seekers from countries such as Somalia and Syria arriving in Finland via its 1,340-kilometre border with Russia in the past year.

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Web Desk
Jan 02, 2024

UK reports over one-third decrease in migrant crossings of English Channel

It has been revealed that approximately 29,437 migrants undertook the perilous journey across the English Channel to Britain from mainland Europe in small boats throughout 2023.