News on Countries of Asylum
Published: 13 Oct 2016
Global
- UN unveils draft set of principles on protecting human rights of refugees and migrants
- IOM reports total number of Mediterranean arrivals, fatalities in 2015 and 2016 to date
Africa
DRC
Lacking facilities and resources, DRC hands over 300 South Sudanese refugees to Uganda, UNHCR
Ethiopia
Over 500 refugees graduate in various technical and vocational education fields; Why more jobs in Ethiopia could mean fewer refugees in Europe
Kenya
Kenya defends decision to close Dadaab refugee camp
Niger
MSF assists hundreds of newly arrived refugees from Nigeria, Chad in east Diffa region
Rwanda
UNHCR and Rwanda launch livelihood strategy program for socio-economic inclusion of refugees; Cash to replace supplies in all of Rwanda’s refugee camps a bid to improve refugees welfare
Sudan
Authorities grant refugee status to South Sudanese in Sudan
Americas
Mexico
Mexico issues 20-day transit visas to allow African asylum seekers to reach the US
Canada
United States
- Federal judges eviscerate legal rationale for efforts to block resettlement of Syrian refugees in Indiana
- Texas threatens to quit refugee resettlement programme if federal government does not meet the state’s demands on security
- US meets 2016 Syrian refugee admission goal; opposition to new resettlement mounts
Asia
Pakistan
UNHCR works with Pakistan to repatriate refugees to Afghanistan
Russia
Russian aid, resettlement, asylum procedures fail Syrian refugees: HRW
Europe
Italian coastguard coordinates rescue of 6,500 in one day off the coast of Libya
Germany
Syrian refugees design app for navigating German bureaucracy
Italy
Civil society organisations criticise plans to curtail appeals rights in asylum procedures
United Kingdom
- UK court fees for immigration and asylum cases to rise by up to 500 percent
- Work begins on wall in Calais to try to stop refugees boarding lorries to the UK
- UK expands policy on family reunion to account for adult children of refugees
Middle East
Egypt
- UNHCR rejects asylum requests following the harassment of Darfur refugees in Egypt, prompting some Sudanese refugees to migrate to Europe
- Cairo sex workers used to tempt refugees and other migrants to sell their kidneys, as hospitals turn a blind eye to illicit dealing in donated organs for transplants