TEHRAN, July 05 - A Greek committee granted asylum on Thursday to a Turkish soldier who fled to Greece with seven other officers after a failed coup attempt against Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in 2016, judicial sources said.
TEHRAN, July 03 -A federal judge Monday ordered the Department of Homeland Security to determine whether to grant asylum -seekers parole from immigration detention on an individual basis.
TEHRAN, June 12 - The Trump administration will stop granting asylum to victims of gang violence and domestic abuse as it believes they generally do not qualify for asylum under federal law.
TEHRAN, May 30 -The son of the Fujairah emirate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reportedly approached Qatari officials and sought political asylum in the energy-rich Persian Gulf kingdom.
TEHRAN, May 28 - The UK has once again been accused of illegal treatment of immigrants after an investigation found that asylum seekers are continuing to be held in detention centers despite courts ordering their release.
TEHRAN, February 21 - French President Emmanuel Macron's government on Wednesday presented a bill to enforce tougher immigration rules, which human rights organizations criticize as repressive toward asylum -seekers.
TEHRAN, January 8 - The asylum status of a Turkish soldier who fled the country along with seven others after a failed coup in 2016 has been suspended following a request by the Greek government which said it should have a say in the case.
TEHRAN, December 30 - One of eight former Turkish servicemen, who had fled to Greece after participating in the last year defeated coup, has been granted asylum on Saturday.
TEHRAN, December 4 -The German Interior Ministry is offering rejected asylum seekers a hefty bonus to go to their country of origin voluntarily rather than face deportation. This is a new effort to turn back the refugee tide brought on by Angela Merkel’s “open door” policy.
TEHRAN, November 10 -About 20 asylum seekers departed an abandoned Australian-run detention center in Papua New Guinea on Friday, leaving hundreds threatened with forcible eviction within days, amid an immigration standoff that has blighted Australia for years.
TEHRAN, November 7 - The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is to decide whether essential services such as power and water should be restored to an Australian-run immigration center.
TEHRAN, November 7 - Papua New Guinea’s Supreme Court rejected an application on Tuesday to restore water, electricity and food supplies to an Australian-run detention center for asylum seekers where nearly 600 men have been barricaded for a week.
TEHRAN, November 5 - Libya’s coast guard has intercepted a boat full of asylum seekers headed from Africa to Europe, amid heightened efforts to block refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea.
TEHRAN, November 1 - A first night for hundreds of refugees abandoned by Australia at a former detention center on Papua New Guinea (PNG) has passed without incident, although not without stress.
TEHRAN, August 27 - Abu Hamid, a commander of Syrian rebels, asserted that all of the rebels fighting against the Syrian government ask for seeking asylum to the Zionist regime.
TEHRAN, April 3, YJC - At least 262 Turkish diplomats and military personnel have filed for political asylum in Germany since a last year failed coup blamed on supporters of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen.
TEHRAN, April 1, YJC - A teenage asylum seeker was severely injured in London, while friends of the victim suffered minor injuries, according to London Metropolitan Police.
Nigeria should consider giving asylum to The Gambia's President Yahya Jammeh as a way of ending the political crisis in his country, lawmakers said on Thursday.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ A new United Nations report says the world's number of asylum claims is at its highest in 22 years, with fleeing Syrians and Iraqis leading the way.
Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by US authorities and currently living in Russia, said in a TV interview Sunday that he has applied for asylum in Brazil.