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Asylum Seekers Arriving In UK By Sea Top 10,000 This Year: Data
More than 10,000 asylum seekers have arrived in Britain in small boats so far this year, updated government data showed on Saturday, underlining a key challenge facing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a July 4 national election.
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Migrant Crossings To UK Hit New Record In 2024, Heaping Pressure On Rishi Sunak
More than 4,600 asylum seekers have arrived in Britain on small boats so far in 2024, a record total for the first three months of the year and giving Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a fresh political headache.
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"Must Stop The Boats": UK Proposes Bill To Detain, Deport Illegal Asylum Seekers
"It has to be that if you come here illegally you will be detained and swiftly removed," UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman said.
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Firebombs Thrown At UK Immigration Office Handling Asylum Seekers
An attacker on Sunday threw firebombs at an immigration office used to process asylum seekers crossing the Channel in small boats and was later found dead.
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Afghan Charged Over Smuggling Asylum-Seekers To Australia
An Afghan man who reportedly made millions of dollars smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia by boat has been extradited from Indonesia and charged with 10 offences, Australian police said on Friday.
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US To Resettle Australia's Refugees Languishing On Islands
The United States has agreed to resettle an unspecified number of refugees languishing in Pacific island camps in a deal that is expected to inspire more asylum seekers to attempt to reach Australia by boat, officials said on Sunday.
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Australia Says 28 Asylum Seeker Boats Have Been Turned Back
The Australian government says it has turned back 28 boats to prevent asylum seekers from reaching Australia during three years in power, with the latest carrying 21 Vietnamese intercepted this month.
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Pope Francis Heads Back To Migrant Crisis Frontline
Pope Francis returns to the frontline of Europe's migrant crisis on Saturday when he visits Lesbos, the Greek island struggling to cope with the mass influx of asylum seekers arriving by boat from Turkey.
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Japan's Tiny Refugee Community Urges Tokyo to Open Doors Wider
Hitoshi Kino, a bespectacled clerical employee at a university near Tokyo, doesn't stand out. Only a slight Vietnamese accent betrays his past, as he speaks in Japanese about being stranded on a rickety boat in waters off his war-torn homeland in 1980, starving with 32 others and left by pirates with nothing but his underpants.
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Dreams of Drowning: Italy Struggles to Help Traumatised Migrants
The sensation of drowning, short-term memory loss, insomnia and suicidal tendencies: they may have made it safely to Italy, but many asylum seekers are plagued by symptoms of trauma and the psychological help they need is in short supply.
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Australia Sights First Asylum Vessel in 2 Years Off West Coast: Report
A small vessel believed to be carrying asylum seekers was seen off Australia's remote west coast today, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) reported, the first sighting of a boat carrying would-be refugees close to shore in two years.
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Indonesia to Probe Claims Australia Paid Boat to Turn Back
Jakarta vowed today to investigate allegations Australian authorities paid thousands of dollars for a boat carrying 65 asylum seekers to return to Indonesia, as police said an Australian official had questioned the migrants
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Australia Paid Crew of Asylum-Seeker Boat to Turn Back: Police
The captain and crew of a boat carrying 65 asylum-seekers say Australian authorities paid them thousands of dollars to turn around and return to Indonesian waters, police said Wednesday.
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European Union Should Follow Australian Example on Boat People: Tony Abbott
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, whose government introduced tough measures to stop asylum seeker boats, said today the European Union should follow suit, describing it as the only way to end deaths at sea.
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Australian Minister Under Fire for Not Meeting Tamil Groups During Sri Lanka Trip
A Tamil group criticised Australia's immigration minister on Thursday for visiting northern Sri Lanka without meeting Tamil leaders, days after Australia returned a boat of asylum seekers, including Tamils, under its hardline border security policy.
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Asylum Seekers Arriving In UK By Sea Top 10,000 This Year: Data
More than 10,000 asylum seekers have arrived in Britain in small boats so far this year, updated government data showed on Saturday, underlining a key challenge facing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a July 4 national election.
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Migrant Crossings To UK Hit New Record In 2024, Heaping Pressure On Rishi Sunak
More than 4,600 asylum seekers have arrived in Britain on small boats so far in 2024, a record total for the first three months of the year and giving Prime Minister Rishi Sunak a fresh political headache.
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"Must Stop The Boats": UK Proposes Bill To Detain, Deport Illegal Asylum Seekers
"It has to be that if you come here illegally you will be detained and swiftly removed," UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman said.
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Firebombs Thrown At UK Immigration Office Handling Asylum Seekers
An attacker on Sunday threw firebombs at an immigration office used to process asylum seekers crossing the Channel in small boats and was later found dead.
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Afghan Charged Over Smuggling Asylum-Seekers To Australia
An Afghan man who reportedly made millions of dollars smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia by boat has been extradited from Indonesia and charged with 10 offences, Australian police said on Friday.
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US To Resettle Australia's Refugees Languishing On Islands
The United States has agreed to resettle an unspecified number of refugees languishing in Pacific island camps in a deal that is expected to inspire more asylum seekers to attempt to reach Australia by boat, officials said on Sunday.
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Australia Says 28 Asylum Seeker Boats Have Been Turned Back
The Australian government says it has turned back 28 boats to prevent asylum seekers from reaching Australia during three years in power, with the latest carrying 21 Vietnamese intercepted this month.
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Pope Francis Heads Back To Migrant Crisis Frontline
Pope Francis returns to the frontline of Europe's migrant crisis on Saturday when he visits Lesbos, the Greek island struggling to cope with the mass influx of asylum seekers arriving by boat from Turkey.
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Japan's Tiny Refugee Community Urges Tokyo to Open Doors Wider
Hitoshi Kino, a bespectacled clerical employee at a university near Tokyo, doesn't stand out. Only a slight Vietnamese accent betrays his past, as he speaks in Japanese about being stranded on a rickety boat in waters off his war-torn homeland in 1980, starving with 32 others and left by pirates with nothing but his underpants.
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Dreams of Drowning: Italy Struggles to Help Traumatised Migrants
The sensation of drowning, short-term memory loss, insomnia and suicidal tendencies: they may have made it safely to Italy, but many asylum seekers are plagued by symptoms of trauma and the psychological help they need is in short supply.
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Australia Sights First Asylum Vessel in 2 Years Off West Coast: Report
A small vessel believed to be carrying asylum seekers was seen off Australia's remote west coast today, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. (ABC) reported, the first sighting of a boat carrying would-be refugees close to shore in two years.
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Indonesia to Probe Claims Australia Paid Boat to Turn Back
Jakarta vowed today to investigate allegations Australian authorities paid thousands of dollars for a boat carrying 65 asylum seekers to return to Indonesia, as police said an Australian official had questioned the migrants
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Australia Paid Crew of Asylum-Seeker Boat to Turn Back: Police
The captain and crew of a boat carrying 65 asylum-seekers say Australian authorities paid them thousands of dollars to turn around and return to Indonesian waters, police said Wednesday.
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European Union Should Follow Australian Example on Boat People: Tony Abbott
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, whose government introduced tough measures to stop asylum seeker boats, said today the European Union should follow suit, describing it as the only way to end deaths at sea.
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Australian Minister Under Fire for Not Meeting Tamil Groups During Sri Lanka Trip
A Tamil group criticised Australia's immigration minister on Thursday for visiting northern Sri Lanka without meeting Tamil leaders, days after Australia returned a boat of asylum seekers, including Tamils, under its hardline border security policy.
