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Malacañang: Asylum a strategy for Duterte critics to stay in US

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 10 10:32 PM

Rene Flores and his wife Joy, who were granted asylum, "opted for an easy way out at the expense of the Duterte Administration," Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo said.   Read more »

US to change migration rules in a bid to send asylum seekers elsewhere

Ted Hesson, Reuters
Posted at Nov 19 08:03 AM

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is set to harden the rules this week on those allowed to seek asylum in the United States, as it attempts to stem a wave of migration on its southern border with Mexico. Read more »

DFA mum on Iranian beauty queen's plea for asylum in PH

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 03:40 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs refused to comment on the application of an Iranian beauty queen for asylum in the Philippines.   Read more »

Russia sends anti-Putin shaman to psychiatric ward

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 20 06:26 PM

A Siberian shaman who was detained while on a trek across Russia to banish President Vladimir Putin from the Kremlin has been confined to a psychiatric ward, authorities said Friday. Read more »

In victory for Trump, top US court permits asylum restrictions

W.G. Dunlop, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 12 12:57 PM

WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed President Donald Trump's administration to implement asylum restrictions that prevent most Central American migrants from applying at the US border.   Read more »

US judge blocks Trump move on asylum-seekers

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 06:47 AM

A federal judge on Monday blocked a move by President Donald Trump's administration that would have prevented most Central American migrants from seeking asylum at the US border.  Read more »

Handa ka na ba? Pasukin ang pinakabagong 'horror house' sa QC

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 23 01:35 PM

Isang bagong horror house ang binuksan sa Quezon City ngayon lamang buwan ng Hunyo. Read more »

Assange arrested

Matt Dunham, AP Photo
Posted at Apr 11 08:00 PM

A poster is attached to a barrier across from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by officers and taken into custody Thursday.  Read more »

Canada grants asylum to Pinay who sheltered Snowden in Hong Kong

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 26 09:38 AM

OTTAWA, Canada - Canada has granted asylum to a woman who helped Edward Snowden hide in Hong Kong after his leaks exposed US global surveillance programs, a refugee rights association said Monday.   Read more »

'No regrets': Saudi sisters hope for bright future after hiding in Hong Kong

Reuters
Posted at Mar 25 10:10 PM

HONG KONG - Two Saudi Arabian sisters are hoping for a "bright, beautiful future" after being granted asylum, fleeing what they describe as an abusive family and a repressive society. Read more »

Australia to consider taking in Saudi teen who fled family 'abuse'

Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 10:12 PM

SYDNEY/BANGKOK - Australia said on Wednesday it would consider taking in a 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled to Thailand saying she feared her family, which she accused of abuse, would kill her. Read more »

Australia to ‘carefully consider’ Saudi woman’s asylum plea

Dene-Hern Chen, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 08 11:02 PM

Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun arrived at Bangkok's main airport on a flight from Kuwait over the weekend after running away from her family Read more »

Mexico will hold US-bound refugees while claims processed: Trump

Ian Timberlake, with Yemeli Ortega in Tijuana, AFP
Posted at Nov 25 10:04 AM

Asylum seekers hoping to enter the US via its southern border will have to wait in Mexico while they are assessed, President Donald Trump announced Saturday, appearing to confirm a report about a bilateral deal published by The Washington Post.  Read more »

US judge blocks Trump asylum restrictions

Dan Levine, Reuters
Posted at Nov 20 04:59 PM

US District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order against the asylum rules.    Read more »

Canada planning to increase expulsions of illegal immigrants: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 01 06:23 AM

Faced with an influx of asylum seekers from the United States, Canada is planning to substantially step up deportations of illegal migrants, Canada's public broadcaster reported Wednesday.   Read more »

Italy to narrow asylum rights in clampdown on immigration

Steve Scherer, Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 12:37 AM

ROME - Italy's populist government on Monday escalated its clampdown on irregular immigration with a decree aimed at slashing the number of people awarded asylum and doubling the time irregular migrants can be detained. Read more »

4,895 Filipinos sought asylum in Japan in 2017

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 13 09:55 PM

Japan continued to see a rise in applicants seeking refugee status in 2017 following a reform that granted work permits to those involved in prolonged screening, government data showed Tuesday. Read more »

Expelled INC member Menorca granted refugee status in Canada

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 04:15 PM

An expelled member of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) has been granted refugee status in Canada on claims that his life is in danger in the Philippines, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported Thursday.  Read more »

Winter death threat for asylum seekers stranded on Greek islands

Umberto Bacchi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Nov 23 02:06 AM

LONDON - Winter could bring death to asylum seekers stranded on crowded Greek islands with only summer tents for shelter, aid groups said on Wednesday, urging a mass relocation to the mainland. Read more »

Japan considers detaining some asylum seekers

Minami Funakoshi, Reuters
Posted at Jul 01 02:46 AM

TOKYO - Japan is considering detaining some asylum seekers once their visas expire in an attempt to curb what it calls an abuse of its refugee system, drawing criticism from lawyers who say such measures risk causing humanitarian harm. Read more »