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Japan took in just 28 refugees in 2016, despite record applications
Japan accepted just 28 refugees last year when a record number applied for asylum, a government document dated for release on Friday showed, throwing a spotlight on the nation's reluctance to accept foreigners. In 2016, 10,901 people sought asylum in Japan, up 44 percent from a year earlier, when the country accepted 27. Of the accepted refugees, seven were from Afghanistan, four from Ethiopia and three from Eritrea, according to the document seen by Reuters. It was not clear whether any Syrians had applied for, or won, asylum.
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Rejected by Israel, Eritreans find shelter in Germany
About 30,000 Eritreans live in Israel, where a dangerous voluntary resettlement plan is being criticised.
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Immigration Detention | Caged by Canada, Part 1
While Canada is celebrated globally as a safe haven for refugees, hundreds of unwanted immigrants are jailed across the country. Part 1 in a Star series.
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Welcome to Wimberg: Population 1,800 (+300 Refugees)
Two years after the height of the migration crisis, Germany is learning that newcomers fare best in tiny villages, not big cities.
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Canada ramps up deportations amid growing migrant influx
As an influx of asylum seekers crossing from the United States strains Canada’s immigration system, the country is ramping up its deportation of migrants, government data shows. Deportations of Mexicans, who have flocked to Canada in growing numbers after a visa requirement was lifted in December, was already 66 percent higher in the first eight months of 2017 than the total from the previous year.
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Almost 60 Syrian militia fighters entered Germany as refugees, Der Spiegel reports
Almost 60 former fighters from a Syrian militia group linked to al Qaeda came to Germany posing as refugees, German news weekly Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. The former fighters are thought to have been members of the Owais al-Qorani Brigade and to have fought on various sides of the Syrian war. Spiegel reports the group began the war on the side of the rebel Free Syrian Army before switching to the al Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front.
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Sweden to deport blind women who is 'world’s oldest asylum seeker'
Sweden is set to deport a blind 106-year-old Afghan refugee who is believed to be the world’s oldest asylum seeker. Bibikhal Uzbek was 105 years old when her son and grandsons carried her on their backs as they traversed rock-strewn mountain paths from Kunduz in northeastern Afghanistan through Iran and Turkey in the hope of seeking refuge in Europe in 2015.
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Denmark Suspends Refugee Resettlement Under UN Program
Denmark won’t allow any refugees into the country this year under a United Nations program and will seek flexibility in determining how many may resettle in the future instead of a set quota, the Ministry of Immigration and Integration said.
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Finding Home in War
The history—and limitations—of the international refugee regime. By Rana B. Khoury.
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30 Years of Data Shows Asylum Seekers Are Not an Economic Burden
For the last two years, the Trump Administration has continually cited the burden that undocumented immigrants place on the US economy as justification for its “zero tolerance” border policy. Trump has personally referred to Latin American immigrants as “animals” that want to “infest” the United States. He has repeatedly, and falsely, referred to the influx of refugees fleeing violence in the Middle East as a major problem for Europe as justification for his administration’s hard line stance on immigration in the US.
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How this small town has welcomed thousands of refugees — and thrived
The city of Clarkston, Georgia, is a destination for international refugees that packs 40 nationalities speaking 60 languages into the town's 1.4 square miles.
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Young refugee is not gay enough to get asylum in Austria
No asylum for 18-year-old boy from Afghanisatan because clothing or behaviour "doesn't hint you could be homosexual". One more time, the Austrian Federal Office for Aliens and Asylum (BFA) releases a very disturbing statement regarding LGBT refugees. As Viennese weekly Falter reveals in its current issue, does not believe a young refugee from Afghanistan that he is gay – because he is not gay enough.
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Refugee children on Nauru are Googling how to kill themselves, whistleblower warns
Refugee children on Nauru are facing an unprecedented health crisis and are at a real risk of death, three whistleblowers have warned. One healthcare worker recently employed on Nauru told 7.30 some of the children are using Google to research ways to die. Leaked documents compiled by immigration workers and obtained by 7.30 reveal a shocking spate of recent self-harm incidents.
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Germany: Refugee sentenced to 8 years and 6 months for teen murder
A court in the southwestern German city of Landau on Monday sentenced asylum-seeker Abdul D. to eight years and six months in prison for the murder of a teenage girl in the town of Kandel in December last year. The murder had been seized upon by many opponents of Chancellor Angela Merkel's refugee policy to support their anti-immigration stance. The case has received great media attention in Germany, and many reporters were present outside the court as the verdict was announced.
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Why can't this doctor work in the UK?
An refugee doctor would love to work in the UK, and the NHS would love to have him - but there's a hitch.
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