Government considering sending failed asylum seekers to Balkans
Home Office officials have discussed proposals to set up overseas "return hubs"
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The EU wants to increase deportations and supports 'return hubs' in third countries
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‘I escaped one gulag only to end up in another’: Russian asylum seekers face Ice detention in the US
Exiles fleeing Putin’s repression in Russia and other post-Soviet states find a harsh welcome when arriving stateside. For most of the four years of Joe Biden was in office, citizens of Russia and ...The Guardian - 6d -
Asylum seekers housed 'unlawfully' at air base
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Treasury value for money unit targets asylum housing costs
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Dragged from a taxi and driven to the border: Kenya’s ‘safe’ reputation tainted by forced deportations
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U.S. Puts Sanctions on Thai Officials for Sending Uyghurs to China
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