asylum

Terror attack in Reading: ‘Suspect a Libyan asylum seeker who was released from prison’

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The terror suspect accused of stabbing three people to death and injuring three others in an attack in Reading is a 25-year-old ‘Libyan asylum seeker’ called Khairi Saadallah.   The suspect’s identity was revealed as counter-terrorism police declared yesterday’s attack a ‘terrorist incident’.  Counter-terrorism police will take over the investigation after the frenzied knife attack in … Read more

Asylum applications in Europe plunged by 87% in April

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Number of asylum applications in Europe plunged by 87% in April to its lowest level since 2008 because of coronavirus lockdown measures, European agency reveals Just 8,370 applications for asylum were lodged in Europe in April – a 12-year low It is also a huge fall from applications made in January and February of this … Read more

Tory MP Bob Seely calls for Britain to offer ‘mass asylum’

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Tory MP Bob Seely calls for Britain to offer ‘mass asylum’ to thousands of people who are expected to flee Hong Kong over tough new security laws Bob Seely warned there could be an ‘exodus’ from the former British colony Mainland China is trying to overrule democracy and rule of law in Hong Kong Riot … Read more

JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Robots, it appears, have taken over the NatWest asylum

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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Robots, it appears, have taken over the NatWest asylum – it’s the banking equivalent of R2-D2 on steroids By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:54 BST, 18 April 2020 | Updated: 22:25 BST, 18 April 2020 Royal Bank of Scotland – owner of NatWest – may have won some plaudits … Read more

First coronavirus case in Greek migrant camps as asylum seeker tests positive

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First coronavirus case in Greek migrant camps as asylum seeker tests positive after giving birth at a hospital in Athens The woman tested positive after going to hospital from a camp at Ritsona Another woman living with the new mother has tested negative for coronavirus Ten hospital staff have been quarantined and three people are … Read more

600 asylum seekers in Lesbos are moved to Greece’s mainland as 200 others are quarantined on Kea

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A ship carrying 600 asylum seekers has departed from Lesbos to a closed camp in northern Greece amid the coronavirus crisis. The migrants arrived at the port of Mytilene in the Greek island of Lesbos, ahead of their departure with the ship, named ‘Aqua Blue’. Clashes broke out overnight on Greece’s border with Turkey after … Read more

High Court judge rules that asylum seeker’s daughter, 10, is likely to be subjected to FGM

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High Court judge rules that asylum seeker’s daughter, 10, is likely to be subjected to female genital mutilation if she is kicked out of country after Home Office refused mother’s bid to stay in UK Justice Newton issued an FGM protection order for girl, 10, in the High Court   Youngster’s mother is linked to Sudan … Read more

Calls for Sheikh Maktoum to free daughters he kidnapped so they can ‘seek asylum abroad’

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The High Court in London has published rulings relating to the legal battle between Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and his former wife Princess Haya bint Al Hussain of Jordan. Here is a timeline of events in the case. July 15, 1949 – Sheikh Mohammed is born in Dubai. May 3, 1974 … Read more