The Netherlands Adopts Two-Tier Asylum System
The Dutch Senate has approved a law introducing a two-tier asylum system, differentiating people fleeing war or natural disasters (B status) and those seeking asylum due to their ethnicity, religion,….
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Germany’s Plan to Deport Syrian Refugees Echoes 1980s Effort to Repatriate Turkish Guest Workers
Written by Michelle Lynn Kahn, University of Richmond For 14 years while Syria’s brutal civil war raged, Germany provided a safe haven for those fleeing the violence. Now, a year….
UK’s New Asylum Plans: Confusion and Controversy
Last week, to curb migration numbers, public discontent, and the rise of the right-wing Reform UK, the Labour Government announced major changes in asylum policy. The changes aim to settle….
Sudanese Refugee Crisis Intensifies Along Chad Border
According to Magatte Guisse, UNHCR Representative in Chad, almost 20,000 refugees have attempted to flee the civil war in only the past two weeks, most of them “exhausted and traumatized….
Finish The Journey or Be Killed – Inside Human Smuggling
The number of asylum applications in Europe has skyrocketed because human smugglers have free rein. Their work greatly influences the European Union’s immigration policy and that is inhumane, Dutch legal….