A U.S. immigration judge in Baltimore has rejected an asylum bid from Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran national whose case has become a flashpoint in the nation’s ongoing immigration fight.
In a dramatic shift from its open-borders approach, the Republic of Ireland will now pay migrant families up to €10,000 ($11,700) to voluntarily withdraw their asylum claims and return to their home countries. The policy, announced by Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan, nearly doubles the previous payouts for voluntary returns.
Residents in Epping, Essex, are threatening a tax rebellion after the Court of Appeal overturned a High Court injunction to close the Bell Hotel, now being used to house asylum seekers. The ruling followed arguments from the Home Office that obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights outweighed local safety concerns.
Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders is calling for a complete halt to asylum seekers entering the Netherlands after a 17-year-old girl was murdered in Amsterdam, allegedly by a migrant with a violent history. Wilders’ demand follows the killing of Lisa, a teenager stabbed to death while walking home from a night out last week.
Migrants in Greece whose asylum claims are rejected will soon be required to wear ankle monitors as part of a government plan to speed up deportations. Migration Minister Thanos Plevris announced Monday that the measure will be implemented before the end of the year, along with reforms that would criminalize noncompliance with deportation orders. The proposal also includes mandatory jail terms for those who defy removal orders.
Greek authorities arrested 247 illegal migrants over the weekend following a decisive move by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’s government to suspend all asylum requests from North African arrivals. The arrests were made in five separate incidents near the islands of Gavdos and Crete, where boats attempting to reach Greek soil from Libya were intercepted by the Hellenic Coast Guard, according to public broadcaster ERT.
Only a tiny percentage of Afghans on the leaked Ministry of Defence (MOD) “kill list” had any legitimate claim to resettle in the United Kingdom, according to MOD sources cited by The Daily Telegraph. The leak, which reportedly reached the Taliban, included names of Afghan collaborators, British soldiers, and intelligence agents, sparking one of the most serious security breaches in recent UK history.
Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen said Afrikaner refugees fleeing South Africa for the U.S. are making a “mistake,” downplaying fears of land seizures and racial violence that have led tens of thousands to seek asylum. His remarks were made at a farming convention and reported by The Sunday Times.
House Republicans have unveiled a bold proposal to charge a $1,000 fee to asylum seekers, igniting fierce debate over the future of U.S. immigration policy.
U.S. Representative Rev. Mark Harris (R-N.C.) has introduced the No Asylum for Criminals Act, a bill aimed at preventing violent criminals from other nations from seeking asylum in the United States. The measure, which has eight Republican cosponsors, seeks to strengthen existing asylum laws and protect the safety of American citizens and lawful asylum seekers.
