asylum seekers

Why I Became a Doctor Who Treats Torture Victims

By Katherine McKenzie

Australia Will Pay Manus Island Asylum Seekers $52 Million

By Kevin Lui

Australia's Manus Island Refugee Detention Center to Close

By Amanda Calvo

Australia Ignoring Nauru Abuse

By Casey Quackenbush
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See How the Netherlands Is Housing Asylum-Seekers in Former Prisons

Peek inside a former prison that is now home to migrants and refugees hoping for asylum

By Andrew Katz

PNG Will Close Manus Island Detention Center

"We did not anticipate the asylum seekers to be kept as long as they have"

By Mark Rivett-Carnac

Australian Detention Center at Manus Ruled Illegal

Australia houses 850 refugees and illegal immigrants on the Papuan island of Manus

By Mark Rivett-Carnac

Greece Won't Use Force to Move Migrants

Their influx has spiked again this week despite Turkey's pledge to stop their boats, a senior official in Athens tells TIME

By Simon Shuster / Athens

Australia's Offshore Detention of Refugees Ruled Legal

The court ruled that conditions at the offshore sites do not violate Australia's constitution

By Rishi Iyengar

Sweden to Deport Up To 80,000 Rejected Asylum-Seekers

The Scandinavian country received 163,000 asylum applications in 2015

By Rishi Iyengar

Anti-Immigration Party Triumphs in Swiss Elections

Election reflects deep anxiety over the huge influx of migrants and refugees to Europe this year

By TIME Staff

Croatia Shuts Routes to Serbia

The border closures mean the main refugee land route from Greece to northern Europe has been cut off

By Helen Regan

E.U. to Announce Refugee Quotas

Between 120,000-160,000 refugees are to be relocated among E.U. countries

By Helen Regan

German Party Targeted With Bomb Threat

The threat is a reflection of growing tension in the country over the influx of asylum seekers

By Helen Regan

British Prime Minister David Cameron Holds Emergency Meeting Over Migrant Influx

Cameron has been criticized for saying the U.K. faced a "swarm" of migrants

By Helen Regan

Indonesian Officials Offer 'Proof' That Australia Bribed Human Traffickers

Australian officials have sidestepped the allegations

By David Stout

Refugees Spurn Australian Resettlement Offer

Many refugees have fled poor countries with a record of human-rights abuses, and have no interest in being resettled in another one

By Helen Regan

Hunger Strikers Protest Australian Resettlement Plan

Several are refusing water and have sown their lips shut

By Sabrina Toppa

New Indonesian President Jokowi Talks Tough With Fading Power Australia

Indonesia's newfound chest-thumping may simply be a fledgling administration's efforts to win domestic approval, but is nonetheless indicative of shifting powers in the region

By Ian Lloyd Neubauer / Sydney

Italy to End Migrant Rescue Operation That Saved Thousands

U.K says it will not support future EU rescue missions, because they encourage migrants to attempt crossing from North Africa

By Naina Bajekal
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