Immigration & Asylum News

Thousands flee south every year from Somalia, Ethiopia

Reuters - Monday, February 8 11:28 am

NAIROBI (Reuters) - At least 17,000 illegal migrants from the Horn of Africa leave their countries for South Africa annually, most of them transiting through Kenya, a top U.N. official said on Monday. More »

  • Libyan court finds Swiss man not guilty - lawyer 

    Reuters - Sunday, February 7 01:43 pm

    TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Libyan court has found Rachid Hamdani, one of two Swiss businessmen whose convictions for breaking immigration rules have strained ties between Libya and Switzerland, not guilty on charges of violating business rules, his lawyer said on Sunday. More »

  • Govt to cut number of student visas issued

    Govt to cut number of student visas issued

    AFP - Sunday, February 7 10:15 am

    LONDON (AFP) - The government is to cut the number of visas it hands out to foreign students in a bid to stop people breaking the rules by working illegally, officials said. More »

  • Govt. to cut number of student visas issued

    AFP - Sunday, February 7 12:09 am

    LONDON (AFP) - Britain is to cut the number of visas it hands out to foreign students in a bid to stop people breaking the rules by working illegally, officials said Saturday. More »

  • Crackdown on foreign student visas

    Crackdown on foreign student visas

    ITN - Saturday, February 6 08:54 pm

    The number of foreign students given visas is to be slashed as part of a crackdown on abuses of the system, it has been revealed. More »

  • Swiss businessmen Rachid Hamdani (L) and Max Goeldi smile as they pose for a photograph at the Swiss embassy in Tripolis December 9, 2009. REUTERS/Ho/Amnesty International

    Libyan court fines Swiss man, to rule on a second 

    Reuters - Saturday, February 6 12:46 pm

    TRIPOLI (Reuters) - A Libyan judge on Saturday fined one of two Swiss businessmen whose convictions for breaking immigration rules have already strained diplomatic links between Libya and Switzerland, their lawyer said. More »

  • Obama's aunt fights Kenya deportation in US court

    Obama's aunt fights Kenya deportation in US court

    AFP - Thursday, February 4 04:33 pm

    BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) - President Barack Obama's aunt, an illegal immigrant from Kenya, pleaded for political asylum before a Boston court Thursday in a case that risks embarrassing the embattled president. More »

  • Obama aunt fights deportation before US court

    Obama aunt fights deportation before US court

    AFP - Thursday, February 4 03:36 pm

    BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) - President Barack Obama's aunt, an illegal immigrant from Kenya, pleaded for political asylum before a Boston court Thursday in a case that risks embarrassing the embattled president. More »

  • Obama aunt due in court over Kenya deportation: report

    AFP - Thursday, February 4 11:58 am

    NEW YORK (AFP) - President Barack Obama's aunt, an illegal immigrant who has cared for his siblings, will on Thursday face a federal immigration court to avoid deportation to Kenya, the Boston Herald reported. More »

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