Afghans lodge most asylum applications in EU: report

Dec 05, 2021

Brussels [Belgium], December 5 : The asylum requests by Afghan people to Europe have increased dramatically and is now the biggest country that lodges...

South Korea witnesses surge in Russian asylum seekers

Feb 26, 2024

South Korean authorities have reported a remarkable increase in Russians seeking asylum in the country, marking a significant surge in applications last year

Pakistan: Afghan refugees urge global community to consider asylum applications positively

Jun 10, 2022

Islamabad [Pakistan], June 10 : Hundreds of Afghan refugees in Pakistan on Thursday called on the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the...

More than 9,000 Afghans file asylum applications in EU in a month

May 26, 2023

According to the European Census Bureau, asylum interests in the EU member states at the beginning of the current year have increased by 40...

Afghan refugees protest outside UNHCR building in Indonesia over delay in processing asylum applications

Nov 06, 2021

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 7 : Hundreds of Afghan refugees continued to sit in protest outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) building...

Ireland mulls returning asylum seekers to UK amid border influx: Report

Apr 28, 2024

Minister of Justice Helen McEntee, slated to visit London on Monday, informed a parliamentary committee that an estimated 80 per cent of asylum applications...