Asylum, Refugees & Humanitarian

1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (379+ words) JOHNSON CITY, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Broome County Sheriff Fred Akshar testified before a House Judiciary subcommittee, saying New York’s immigration laws are making it harder for local law enforcement to work with federal authorities. Akshar is one of 15 New York sheriffs suing…...

3+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1201+ words) On a phone call from the Butler County Jail, 47-year-old Fada Bereus said he does not understand why he was detained and incarcerated by ICE and that he’s is very worried and has no idea what is going to happen…...

6+ hour, 49+ min ago   (88+ words) Home Affairs commences repatriation of KZN asylum seekers South African Government News Agency Home Affairs commences repatriation of KZN asylum seekers The Department of Home Affairs has begun relocating asylum seekers and refugees outside its offices on Che Guevara Road…...

5+ hour, 49+ min ago   (166+ words) Solicitors Journal A First-tier Tribunal has dismissed an Afghan national's protection appeal, finding that although several of the Home Office's credibility concerns were unwarranted, other inconsistencies in his account could not be reconciled and were sufficient to undermine his claim....

5+ hour, 47+ min ago   (192+ words) Solicitors Journal Tribunal rejects Afghan asylum claim after inconsistencies over bomb incident, detention and children's birth dates. A First-tier Tribunal has dismissed the protection appeal of an Afghan taxi driver, finding that a series of unresolved inconsistencies across his interviews,…...

5+ hour, 34+ min ago   (231+ words) The European Commission has introduced a plan for a digital platform across Europe that would allow people to have their work-related paperwork acknowledged throughout the union. This proposal was unveiled on Tuesday. Known as the European Social Security Pass, the…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago   (498+ words) Snitching without the receipts A phone call outside a Texas apartment complex is drawing attention after a neighbor’s noise complaint reportedly escalated into a request for immigration enforcement. The exchange was caught on camera, showing how a dispute between neighbors…...

9+ hour, 15+ min ago   (191+ words) The European Commission has adopted the fair mobility package that will guarantee social rights for workers, regardless of where they choose to live in the EU. Workers will be able to have their professional skills understood everywhere in the EU…...

12+ hour, 25+ min ago   (203+ words) The University of Evansville will host Indiana University Maurer School of Law professor Luis Fuentes-Rohwer for a Constitution Day presentation at 4 p.m. Sept. 22 in Smythe Lecture Hall, Schroeder 170. The talk, titled "The Constitutional Transformation of Race and Democracy after Callais," will…...

11+ hour, 14+ min ago   (79+ words) Johnson spoke further about how the current administration has threatened the independence that immigration judges have traditionally exercised to adjudicate cases. Despite the language of memos and laws remaining the same, immigration judges have been subject to heightened scrutiny, which…...