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U.S. Supreme Court refuses Biden's appeal to ban 'remain in Mexico' policy

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied President Joe Biden's bid to rescind an immigration policy implemented by his predecessor, Donald Trump, that forced thousands

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Sydney Opera House scaled in Manus refugee protest

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

ThenumberofasylumseekerswhoillegallycrossedtheUSborderintoCanadamorethantripledlastmonth,accordingtoCanadiangovernmentdatareleasedonThursday,asmigrantsworriedab

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Canada's Trudeau pressured to tackle problem of asylum-seekers

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came under increasing pressure on Thursday to deal with asylum seekers illegally crossing into Canada from the United States to avoid a crackdown by the administration of President Donald Trump.

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Refugee advocates blockade Wilson Security car parks to protest Australia's refugee policies

​Australia's immigration policies again are at the center of a national debate as protestors blockade car parks in Sydney and Melbourne on Monday to mark 100-day of protests by asylum seekers held at Australia's immigration camp on Nauru.

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Fate of "lost" asylum seekers investigated in Finland

​The Finnish authorities are trying to verify the security risks caused by the disappearance of some 2, 500 asylum seekers.

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Why so many asylum seekers come to America and wind up homeless

Taddese Dinku had been a cartographer and surveyor in Ethiopia for nearly four decades when in June 2014, at the age of 64, he was arrested by local police at his home in Addis Ababa. He was told it was because he would not join the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, the country's ruling political party, which is known for ruthlessly quashing dissent.

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Austrian interior minister sets upper limit for number of asylum seekers

​Austrian Minister of the Interior Johanna Mikl-Leitner on Monday stated that in her view Austria will limit the number of asylum seekers accepted in 2016 to a fixed 37,500.

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Finnish police blamed for conflicting statements on New Year's Eve sexual harassment

While demonstrators gathered in Cologne, Germany, on Sunday to protest against assaults allegedly done by asylum seekers, there have been question marks over media reports about similar sexual harassment that took place in Helsinki, Finland.

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Finland to tighten policies on asylum seekers

​The Finnish government published its action plan on asylum policies on Tuesday, sending a clear message of tightening up amid the ongoing refugee crisis.

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Australian authorities may have broken international law: Amnesty International

​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.

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German police warn against xenophobic attacks amid strong refugees influx

​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.

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Japan's jobless rate drops to 3.5 pct in August

​Unemployment rate in Japan fell to 3.5 percent in August from a reading of 3.8 percent in the previous month, the government here said Tuesday.

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Top Aussie official to visit Sri Lanka over returned asylum seekers

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.