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Failed asylum seekers choose to accept cash from Australia and return to home countries

Officials pressured asylum seekers to take $25,000 and return home.

Mar 2, 2017

By Pavitra Dwibhashyam

Demonstrators flock to Yarl's Wood protest over government's 'hostile climate for migrants'

Women for Refugee Women campaigners urge UK government to end detention-based asylum system

The charity wants the Home Office to treat asylum claimants as people rather than statistics.

Mar 1, 2017

By Sofia Lotto Persio

Unicef: Refugee women and children 'raped and abused in Libya's hellholes' need a safe passage

Safe and legal pathways would protect migrant children from predators, the humanitarian agency says.

Feb 28, 2017

By Sofia Lotto Persio

Libya

Muhammad Ali Jr on being detained at airport: 'I felt violated'

Ali Jr was traveling with mother when he was questioned for nearly two hours about his religion.

Feb 27, 2017

By Nicole Rojas

Brexit: End of free movement for new EU migrants to UK when Article 50 is triggered

Early halt to free movement aimed at stopping EU nationals rushing to enter Britain pre-Brexit.

Feb 27, 2017

By Rachel Middleton

Brexit Theresa May

Muhammad Ali Jr held and questioned by immigration officials at Florida airport over his religion

The son of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was reportedly detained for two hours after traveling back from Jamaica.

Feb 25, 2017

By Nicole Rojas

Mexico foreign minister condemns 'harmful' US policies during Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visit

Luis Videgaray has admitted 'irritation' from Mexicans after Trump's immigration order.

Feb 25, 2017

By Oli Gamp

Donald Trump

South Africa foreigners xenophobia pretoria

Photos of violent anti-immigrant protests in Pretoria, South Africa

South African police fired tear gas, water cannon and rubber bullets to break up rival marches by hundreds of protesters in Pretoria.

Feb 24, 2017

By David Sim

South Africa Conflict Pictures

Federal agents ask passengers of domestic flight to show ID in search for undocumented immigrant

Agents did not find the person they were looking for on the Delta flight to New York.

Feb 24, 2017

By Nicole Rojas

Net migration: Eastern Europeans fled Britain in Brexit aftermath ONS figures show

Net migration drops to a two-year low but is still a way off Conservatives' "tens of thousands" pledge.

Feb 23, 2017

By Josh Robbins

Brexit EU Referendum Theresa May

'Phenomenal right now': How the White House sees US-Mexico relations

Trump's Press Secretary Sean Spicer claimed the Mexican president would offer the same characterisation.

Feb 23, 2017

By Romil Patel

Mexico

Is immigration driving up crime in Sweden? Here's what the official statistics say

President Trump claimed Sweden is "having problems like they never thought possible" due to refugees.

Feb 21, 2017

By Shane Croucher

Donald Trump

Bodies of 74 migrants wash ashore in Libya

More fatalities expected as bodies from dinghy with 110 people on board are recovered on beach.

Feb 21, 2017

By Paul Wright

Revised version of Donald Trump's travel ban expected imminently

New executive order expected to leave out elements that saw the initial attempt blocked by courts.

Feb 21, 2017

By James Tennent

Donald Trump

Canada's border resources strained by influx of refugees traveling from US

Border Services Agency and Mounties reassign staff to cope with heightened activity.

Feb 21, 2017

By Nicole Rojas

New German law would allow authorities to examine asylum seekers' phones in fake-ID crackdown

Interior Ministry said new powers would be used in cases where there is doubt about a refugee's identity.

Feb 20, 2017

By Tom Porter

Powerful photos of people being rescued at sea in the Mediterranean

Award-winning photojournalist David Ramos joined the crew of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms vessel Golfo Azzuro during a search and rescue mission off the coast of Libya.

Feb 20, 2017

By David Sim

Migration Pictures

Latest photos of Iraqi forces' offensive to wipe out Isis in western Mosul

Federal police and elite interior ministry units known as Rapid Response are leading the charge toward the airport, just south of the city.

Feb 20, 2017

By David Sim

Isis Islamic State Conflict Pictures Iraq Syria

UK MPs debate pro and anti-Donald Trump petitions in Parliament

Controversial US president is expected to make a state visit to Britain in June.

Feb 20, 2017

By Ian Silvera

Donald Trump

Home Office to reconsider child refugee asylum cases as some return to Calais Jungle site

Children frustrated with French reception centres reportedly returning to site of infamous camp.

Feb 20, 2017

By James Tennent

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