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Germany expects record 'up to 800,000' asylum-seekers this year Germany expects to receive up to 800,000 asylum-seekers in 2015, a new record, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said.

20 August 2015

France refuses Assange's 'request' for asylum The French government, reacting to a letter from Julian Assange, said it would not give the WikiLeaks founder asylum, only for his lawyers to claim he had never sought it in the first place.

04 July 2015

Hungary suspends key EU asylum claim rule Hungary has indefinitely suspended the application of a key EU asylum rule, which requires a migrant's claim to be processed in the EU country they first arrive in.

24 June 2015

Berlin, Paris urge Brussels to rework EU asylum plan Germany and France urged the EU to find a fairer way to admit and distribute asylum seekers, as their leaders met the European Commission chief in Berlin.

02 June 2015

'Make them work for free': Italy minister on asylum seekers Asylum seekers in Italy may have to work for free, Italy's interior minister told local mayors, reminding them of a controversial decree issued several months ago.

08 May 2015

Europe-Australia talks over stopping asylum-seeker boats: Abbott Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Australia and Europe were in talks on how to stop asylum-seeker boats after the success of his government's controversial polices on the issue.

04 May 2015

Kazakhstan accepts former Guantanamo prisoners on humanitarian grounds Kazakhstan has accepted five former Guantanamo prisoners seeking asylum in the country. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has praised the move.

07 January 2015

Australia to free some detained asylum-seeker children A number of asylum-seeker children held in Australian mainland detention centres are to be released.

19 August 2014

Ablyazov's former head of security seeks political asylum in Spain Mukhtar Ablyazov’s former head of security Alexandr Pavlov has requested a political asylum in Spain.

13 August 2014

Italian navy rescues 2,500 migrants in 24 hours The Italian navy on Friday said it had rescued around 2,500 asylum-seekers from 17 boats in the past 24 hours as good weather conditions in the Mediterranean further boost the influx of asylum-seekers trying to reach Europe.

06 June 2014

Six hurt as Australia breaks up immigration camp protest Australia said Tuesday a week-long protest by asylum-seekers at one of its immigration detention centres had been broken up with six people injured.

04 June 2014

Snowden seeks asylum in sunny Brazil Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by US authorities and currently living in Russia, said in a TV interview Sunday that he has applied for asylum in Brazil.

02 June 2014

Fugitive banker Ablyazov eyeing political asylum in France Fugitive ex-chairman of Kazakhstan-based BTA Bank Mukhtar Ablyazov intends to request a political asylum in France.

12 February 2014

Snowden offers to help Brazil investigate NSA spying US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden offered to help Brazil defeat US spying Tuesday but, in an open letter, said he needs permanent political asylum to do so.

18 December 2013

Australia opposition's asylum-seeker plan 'crazy': Indonesian MP A senior Indonesian lawmaker on Tuesday described as "crazy" a plan by the front-runner for Australia's election to pay Indonesians for unseaworthy boats to stem the flow of asylum-seekers.

28 August 2013

Asylum-seeker boat carrying 105 sinking off Australia A rescue operation was under way Tuesday after an asylum-seeker boat carrying 105 people began sinking north of Australia, two weeks away from an election where boatpeople are a key policy issue.

20 August 2013

Obama scraps Moscow summit with Putin US President Barack Obama on Wednesday scrapped a Moscow summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin.

08 August 2013

Obama 'disappointed' with Russian asylum for Snowden President Barack Obama said Tuesday he was "disappointed" by Russia's decision to grant asylum to Edward Snowden, the former intelligence contractor who leaked details of vast US surveillance programs.

07 August 2013

US fumes as Russia grants Snowden asylum Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden on Thursday stepped out of the Moscow airport where he was marooned for over five weeks.

02 August 2013

UN concern at Australia's PNG boatpeople plan The United Nations on Friday said it was "troubled" by Australia's decision to send asylum-seekers arriving by boat to Papua New Guinea given conditions there failed to adequately protect refugees.

26 July 2013

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