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Thai FM confirms ex-premier Yingluck in London

ByAPDwriterChenJiabaoBANGKOK,Jan.9(APD)-TheforeignministerofThailandconfirmedonTuesdaythatfugitiveformerministerYingluckShinawatrawasinBritain.AtGovernmentHouse

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Climate change could lead to 1m migrants a year entering EU by 2100

ClimatechangewilldriveahugeincreaseinthenumberofmigrantsseekingasyluminEuropeifcurrenttrendscontinue,accordingtoanewstudy.Thenumberofmigrantsattemptingtosettlei

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Study: Global warming may boost asylum-seekers in Europe

ResearcherswarnedonThursdaythat,ifwarmingtrendscontinue,climatechangemaymassivelyboostthenumberofasylumseekersinEuropebytheendofthecentury.ThestudyinthejournalS

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Europe rebuked for removing Afghans to one of world's most dangerous cou

BritainandotherEuropeannationsareunderincreasingpressuretoexplainwhytheyaresendinghundredsofdesperateAfghansbacktooneoftheworld’smostdangerouscountries.MPsandME

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Global warming may boost asylum-seekers in Europe: study

ClimatechangeisforecasttomassivelyboostthenumberofasylumseekersinEuropebycentury'sendifwarmingtrendscontinue,USresearcherssaidThursday.ThestudyinthejournalScien

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Ousted Catalan leader in Brussels to apply for political asylum: media

OustedCatalonianpresidentCarlesPuigdemont,aswellasfiveofhisadvisers,isinBelgium,amidstspeculationhecouldapplyforpoliticalasylum,localmediareportedonMonday.After

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Over 500 young asylum seekers disappear in Switzerland in 2016

Some539unaccompaniedasylumseekersagedunder18disappearedfromtheviewofofficialSwissagencieslastyear,upfrom94in2015,orasix-foldincrease,accordingtotheStateSecretar

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Germany sends 8 convicted criminals back to Afghanistan

GermanyhasdeportedeightAfghanmenwhoseasylumapplicationswererejectedbacktotheirhomecountry.Bavaria'sinteriorministerJoachimHerrmannsaysthemenwereallconvictedcrim

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Canada says huge spike in asylum seekers at US border is ‘unsustainable’

ThenumberofasylumseekerswhoillegallycrossedtheUSborderintoCanadamorethantripledlastmonth,accordingtoCanadiangovernmentdatareleasedonThursday,asmigrantsworriedab

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Canada sees rising tide of Haitian migrants from the US

Theflowofmigrants,mostlyHaitiansfearingexpulsionfromtheUS,hassurgedinrecentweeksonCanada'ssouthernborder,withrequestsforasylumtriplingsincemid-July,officialssay

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EU migrant crisis: Austria can deport asylum seekers, court says

The EU's top court has ruled that a law requiring refugees to seek asylum in the first country they reach applies even in exceptional circumstances.

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Police remove 2,000 refugees and migrants sleeping rough in Paris

Police have moved more than 2,000 refugees and migrants off the streets of Paris, where they had been sleeping rough for weeks in squalid and insanitary conditions.

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Gay man wins lawsuit after forcible sexual disorder treatment

AmanfromcentralChina’sHenanProvincerecentlywonalawsuitagainstanasylumthatforcefullydetainedhimfor19daysin2015tocurehis“sexualpreferencedisorder”.Theverdicthande

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Chinese gay man wins lawsuit after forcible sexual disorder treatment

AmanfromcentralChina’sHenanProvincerecentlywonalawsuitagainstanasylumthatforcefullydetainedhimfor19daysin2015tocurehis“sexualpreferencedisorder”.Theverdicthande

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Skilled refugees in Brazil taking courses to run their own businesses

RefugeeslivinginBrazilarehavingaparticularlydifficulttimeinfindingsteadyworkasLatinAmerica’slargestcountryfacesarecordunemploymentrate.AnewprogramlaunchedinRiod

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Assange to request asylum in France after rape allegation dropped

JulianAssange,founderofWikiLeaks,willappealforasyluminFrancetoavoidextraditiontotheUnitedStateswherehecouldfacetrialoverthepublicationofclassifieddocuments,hisl

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High rate of error found in asylum applications in Germany

TheGermanFederalOfficeforMigrationandRefugees(BAMF)hasreviewedover1,000grantedasylumapplicationsandfoundupto15percenttobefaulty,GermanmediareportedThursdaybased