German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested on Saturday that asylum procedures could be conducted in non-EU countries as a way to curb irregular migration to Europe. Merz made his comments on his ...

Government says reforms will curb smuggling, strengthen returns as opposition dismisses plans as political 'show' - Anadolu ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk attends a press conference with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, during the Czech and Polish ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium, September 21 (UNHCR) - Officials from the UN refugee agency and the European Union (EU) have strongly urged European countries to give priority to the quality of their asylum ...

Mr O'Callaghan said the new procedures will cover the majority of asylum applications. There will be a legal requirement that there must be a first-instance decision by my officials within three ...

Members of the Polish parliament should reject a bill that would allow the government to temporarily suspend the right to asylum at Poland’s border with Belarus, Human Rights Watch said today. The ...

A group of asylum seekers who had been trapped in the buffer zone since last year have taken their case to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), accusing Cypriot authorities of pushbacks, ...

Justice minister Jim O'Callaghan will bring the International Protection Bill 2026 to the first Cabinet meeting of 2026 ...

The adoption of the so-called “migration pact” in April has prompted the European Union and leading EU states to escalate their anti-refugee and anti-migrant policies and attack the democratic rights ...

The Biden administration on Thursday unveiled new procedures to handle asylum claims at the U.S. southern border, hoping to decide cases in months instead of years — though some advocates fear a focus ...

Athens, Greece, July 9, 2025 — As Greece announces a three-month pause on accepting asylum applications from people arriving by sea from North Africa, and plans to immediately detain those reaching ...