1.5 million Afghans residing in Pakistan: UNHCR

Jul 26, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland], July 26 : Pakistan remains the largest country of asylum for Afghans, with 1.5 million Afghans residing in Pakistan, according to the...

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...

Morocco's extradition of Uyghur asylum seeker to China could lead to serious rights violations, argue UN experts

Dec 16, 2021

New York [US], December 17 : Four UN independent human rights experts called on Thursday for Morocco to reverse its decision to extradite an...

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...

Uyghur asylum seekers keep dying in Thailand's detention centres

Apr 26, 2023

Mattohti is the fifth Uyghur asylum seeker to die in Thai detention over the past nine years. In 2018, a 27-year-old man died of...

Belarusian border committee says Polish soldier seeking political asylum

Dec 17, 2021

Minsk [Belarus], December 17 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarus' State Border Committee on Friday said that a Polish soldier has requested political asylum in Belarus in protest...