U.K. armed forces asked to help deal with migrant boats crossing channel
Britain's armed forces have been asked to help deal with boats carrying migrants across the Channel from France, the nation's defense ministry said on Saturday after a spate of arrivals on the southern English coast. Taking advantage of a spell of hot weather and calm ...
Japan panel calls for penalizing foreigners who refuse deportation
Curbing long-term detention at immigration facilities through potential fines and other measures would be another hurdle for refugees seeking asylum and their supporters.
Die in detention or at home? U.S. pandemic forces cruel choice on asylum-seekers
Lawyers, advocates, detainees and their family members say the risks of contracting COVID-19 inside detention facilities have driven people to seek deportation.
Government panel OKs punishment of non-Japanese who refuse deportation
A government panel of experts on Monday approved a proposal to start handing down punishments for foreigners who ignore deportation orders as a step to resolve the issue of prolonged detentions at immigration facilities. The penalization is a key item in the recommendations approved by ...
Asylum seekers in Japan face battle for survival in time of coronavirus
While the Japanese have been individually donating to the Japan Association of Refugees, the NGO is bracing for a decrease in funds.
Living on the edge, Pakistani Hindus still feel safer in India
Seven years ago, Dharamveer Solanki, a Hindu, left his home in Pakistan’s Hyderabad city, never to return. When his train crossed the border into India, Solanki said he felt happier than ever before. "It felt as though I had been reborn,” he said, sitting inside ...
Traffickers demand ransoms for Rohingya held at sea in Southeast Asia
Refugees living in camps in Bangladesh said they received calls demanding money to stop relatives from being abandoned and, in some cases, raped or killed.
Malaysia to ask Bangladesh to take back Rohingya refugees found at sea
Malaysia will ask Bangladesh to take back about 300 Rohingya refugees detained after a boat carrying them entered its waters this week, the southeast Asian nation's defense minister said on Tuesday. Malaysia does not recognize refugee status but has been a favored destination for ethnic ...
Hong Kong protesters seek sanctuary overseas as China tightens its grip
Hong Kong protester Crystal has yet to tell her parents she has fled overseas to seek asylum in Canada, one of a growing number of residents choosing self-exile as Beijing tightens control. The 21-year-old student spent months on the front lines of the pro-democracy protests, ...
Japan's Catholic aid groups struggle as donations drop due to virus pandemic
Some of society's most vulnerable are facing increased uncertainty as assistance offices are forced to close during coronavirus slowdown.
'If the virus gets in, it will spread like wildfire'
While authorities mull "provisional release" for some refugees currently in detention centers across the country, the people on the inside say they receive little information on the novel coronavirus.
Japan to release immigration detainees as centers fear virus outbreaks
Immigration Services Agency plans to let detainees leave for treatment and other reasons in a bid to keep the coronavirus out of its detention centers.
