Asylum, Refugees & Humanitarian

21+ min ago   (552+ words) A Rotherham man has been jailed over his role in an organised crime gang responsible for people trafficking and money laundering. An investigation began in July 2025 when French Customs officers seized a package of chocolates and clothes and instead found…...

1+ hour, 19+ min ago   (201+ words) Wednesday, 16 September 2026 The European Commission, led by Ursula von der Leyen, will present an emergency framework to manage sudden, instrumented mass migrant flows—termed “engineered and weaponised”—allowing temporary procedural flexibility while preserving EU values and border protection. STRASBOURG, Sept…...

6+ hour, 4+ min ago   (249+ words) European Commission's New Emergency Framework to Curb Migrant Influxes Devdiscourse European Commission's New Emergency Framework to Curb Migrant Influxes The European Commission, led by President Ursula von der Leyen, plans to introduce an emergency framework designed to manage sudden large-scale…...

7+ hour, 53+ min ago   (868+ words) By Marika Jeziorek The Conversation Roman Slepcsik has lived in Canada for almost three decades. Federal Court records show he arrived from the Czech Republic in 1997 after fleeing persecution as a Roma man, was recognized as a refugee the following…...

12+ hour, 17+ min ago   (491+ words) The principle of non-refoulement (i.e. the obligation not to return refugees to territories where their lives or freedom are threatened) is popularly considered a universally binding norm of international law, applicable to all States regardless of whether they have signed the…...

17+ hour, 14+ min ago   (719+ words) The European Commission has proposed new rules intended to make it easier for people to work across EU borders, replacing parts of the existing paperwork surrounding social-security coverage and professional qualifications with digital procedures. The Fair Labour Mobility Package, adopted…...

16+ hour, 21+ min ago   (168+ words) Last year we saw a brief run of Requests for Evidence questioning whether a beneficiary’s documented prior experience was full-time or part-time, and that run appears to have returned. These RFEs are not issued because the letters fail to say…...

22+ hour, 49+ min ago   (166+ words) Solicitors Journal A First-tier Tribunal has dismissed an Afghan national's protection appeal, finding that although several of the Home Office's credibility concerns were unwarranted, other inconsistencies in his account could not be reconciled and were sufficient to undermine his claim....

22+ hour, 47+ min ago   (192+ words) Solicitors Journal Tribunal rejects Afghan asylum claim after inconsistencies over bomb incident, detention and children's birth dates. A First-tier Tribunal has dismissed the protection appeal of an Afghan taxi driver, finding that a series of unresolved inconsistencies across his interviews,…...

18+ hour, 38+ min ago   (379+ words) JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Broome County Sheriff Fred Akshar testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee, saying New York’s immigration laws are making it harder for local law enforcement to work with federal authorities. Akshar is one of 15 New York sheriffs suing…...