Asylum seekers
Proposed DHS rule could pause work permits for US asylum applicants for 'many years'
The new DHS proposal would pause processing of work permits for all new asylum applicants until average processing times for certain asylum applications reach 180 days or lower.
Former hostages Aviva and Keith Siegel visit Kenyan refugee camp
Fourteen migrants die off Greece after boat collides with coast guard
Second Iranian diplomat abandons post, seeks asylum for family in Switzerland - report
140,000 refugees flee Turkey for Europe, despite coronavirus fears
Turkey sends flights to evacuate its own citizens while it denies health care to asylum seekers who flee to Greece amid unprecedented EU closures
Sudanese asylum seekers say Netanyahu 'shook hands with murderer'
The war in Darfur has been going on since 2003, with close to three million citizens being displaced and at least 300,000 being killed as of 2013.
Iranian gymnasts denied Australian visas due to fears of asylum requests
The Australian embassy in Tehran said the decision was made because of Iran's "economic situation" and the possibility that the gymnasts could seek asylum in Melbourne.
Mexican children shiver in tents at US border as temperature freezes
Weather forecasts predict freezing temperatures in the Ciudad Juarez-El Paso area through the weekend.
Female Afghani pilot flees, dreams of serving in the US Air Force
After becoming the first woman to pilot a fixed-wing jet in the Aghani Air Force, Captain Niloofar Rahmani was forced to flee to the US where she hopes to one day serve her new country.
Church nativity scene depicts Jesus, Mary and Joseph as caged asylum seekers
The American Civil Liberties Union estimated that more than 5,400 migrant children are currently in government custody, and separated from their families.
A Guatemalan asylum seeker is sheltered in a Washington state synagogue
Beth Hatfiloh is the only synagogue in the United States known to be sheltering an undocumented immigrant, according to T’ruah, a liberal rabbinic human rights group.
Supreme Court allows full enforcement of asylum crackdown
A U.S. appeals court for the second time curtailed the effort earlier Wednesday to halt the administration's policy.
Driven by death threats, a family finds safety at a Philadelphia synagogue
They quickly moved to eastern El Salvador, then to Guatemala — pursued by gangsters.
Iranian businessman tortured into saying he's an Israeli spy
He was accused of being involved in the killing of Iranian nuclear scientists
