Short reprieve for asylum seekers
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Two Pakistani asylum seekers who  sought sanctuary inside a Glasgow church are granted a short reprieve from deportation.
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Thirty-two Iraqis who failed to gain asylum in Britain have been sent back to their home country, the Home Office has told AFP.
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The government will Tuesday unveil plans to cut the time non-EU tourists can remain in Britain -- from six months to three -- as part of a tougher visa regime aimed at curbing illegal immigration.
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THE deadline set by insurgents who have threatened to execute a kidnapped Briton and two Americans ran out last night. The three were among dozens of hostages being held by militant groups.
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Tales of horror emerge from the refugee camp where fighting stopped temporarily after three bloody days
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People may be unable to return to flooded homes in South Yorkshire for months, a government minister says.
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Judiciary Committee grants file swipers a reprieve.
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President Bush has granted a short-term reprieve for thousands of Liberians who have lived in the United States for as many as 16 years but who could have faced deportation beginning Oct. 1, when their temporary residency permits were to expire.
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By John Deane, Chief Political Correspondent, PA News, in Sudan. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will come face to face today with the misery of refugees in the strife-torn Darfur region of Sudan.
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TORONTO -- A US soldier who deserted because he opposed the war in Iraq appealed for asylum in Canada yesterday but faces an uphill battle to persuade a refugee tribunal that he has the right to stay.
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OTTAWA (CP) - An agreement that had refugees lining up to get into Canada to beat the deadline came into effect Wednesday.
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Asylum seekers should be given the right to work in the UK after six months, a leading children's charity says.
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The United Nations refugee agency and Nigerian officials appealed to recalcitrant Liberian refugees to go back home, warning that time and hospitality were fast running out for them.
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Applications for asylum in the UK rose by 9% in the last three months, according to official figures.
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Nearly 530 Iraqi refugees were admitted to the United States last month, a huge bump from July but still far short of the number needed to fulfill the Bush administration's pledge to accept 2,000 by the end of September.
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Home Office to start forcible removal of lone child asylum seekers, despite fears for their safety
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The men can be detained until 1.30pm on October 1 after an extension was issued under the Terrorism Act. Three of the men were arrested in a &quot;pre--planned&quot; operation by officers from the Metropolitan Police&#39;s