Australian authorities may have broken international law, Amnesty International claimed in a report that has been labelled as a slur by the nation's immigration minister.
The German Criminal Police Office warns other serious acts of violence given the strong influx of refugees in Germany, German local media reported on Wednesday.
Amid the refugee crisis, the president of the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) Manfred Schmidt asked to resign "due to personal reasons," a statement by German Interior Ministry said Thursday.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, on Wednesday reiterated his call for the Hungarian authorities to ensure unimpeded access for people in need of protection in line with its legal and moral obligations.
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs), meeting for a plenary session in Strasbourg, voted on Thursday in favor of a resolution on a new emergency relocation proposal for an increased number of asylum seekers.
The German government on Monday unveiled its first overall plan to deal with the growing influx of refugees entering Germany.
Confronted with the biggest refugee crisis since World War II (WWII), governments across Europe have adopted different stances amid rising calls for more actions on the issue.
Former employee of the U.S. National Security Agency Edward Snowden has asked to extend refugee status in Russia, his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said Wednesday.
Australia's immigration minister will arrive in Sri Lanka on Wednesday for top-level talks after the Australian government controversially decided to return 41 asylum seekers in a move condemned by the United Nations (UN) on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka's military on Wednesday denied sending a boat to pick up 153 asylum seekers believed to have been on board a ship stranded in Australian waters, an official said.
Fugitive U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden could extend his refugee status in Russia, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Edward Snowden, the former contractor for the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), has offered to help Brazil investigate the extent of NSA's spying against the South American country in an open letter published Tuesday.
Edward Snowden, the former contractor for the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), has offered to help Brazil investigate the extent of NSA's spying against the South American country in an open letter published Tuesday.
A total of 74 Syrians who flew into Portugal from Guinea Bissau with fake passports on Tuesday are seeking asylum in Portugal.
A boat carrying about 50 probable asylum seekers has sunk off the Indonesian coast, Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said Wednesday in a statement while the issue of asylum seekers has once again became the center of political debates in Australia.
The German government will look for ways to question whistleblower Edward Snowden in Russia on U.S. spying that included alleged monitoring of Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone, Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich said Wednesday.
If fugitive U.S. intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden applies for political asylum in Ecuadorian territory, the Ecuadorian authorities will consider accepting the appeal, President Rafael Correa said Tuesday.
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