Tag: Asylum
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First migrant flown back to France in UK’s ‘one in, one out’ policy to curb unauthorized migration
The U.K. has returned the first migrant to France under a new “one in, one out” policy for asylum-seekers who enter the country without authorization
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UNHCR official warns that the 1951 refugee convention is increasingly under threat
The U.N. refugee agency says that governments around the world are increasingly undermining the global convention on refugees and asylum-seekers even threatening its very existence
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Allison Glover, of CHAN, describes how her organization assists migrants coming to Denver
A recent influx of Venezuelan and other South American immigrants has tested Denver’s shelter network system and strained relationships with Chicago and New York. Allison Glover works with a local non-profit, the Colorado Hosting Asylum Network, to help recent immigrants find housing, apply for asylum and other tasks difficult for those new in the U.S.…
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Busload of migrants arrives in Denver
A group of asylum-seeking migrants was bussed to Denver early Friday morning. The group consisted of individuals from Cuba, Colombia, Ecuador and Nicaragua.
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Judge declines to intervene in case of ex-child soldier detained in Aurora for 469 days
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A federal judge has declined to take immediate action in the case of a man housed at Aurora’s privately-run immigrant detention center who claims his 469 days in custody without a bond hearing is constitutionally unreasonable. Attorneys for Abdulai Barrie filed a petition on Aug.…
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10th Circuit splits 2-1 on whether to order review of man’s torture claim
Even though the federal appeals court based in Denver acknowledged an immigration judge in Colorado made a mistake when finding a Mexican citizen could avoid torture simply by moving elsewhere, it declined to overturn a deportation order by a 2-1 decision on Monday. Carlos E. Lockwood Alvarez asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…