Two boats carrying more than 500 Rohingya asylum seekers disappeared in the Andaman Sea off the coast of Myanmar in late June and early July, bringing the regional death toll of lost refugees to more than 800 this year, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The ongoing tragedies push maritime mortality … Read more
Asylum seekers currently held in offshore detention on Nauru report widespread food insecurity and lack of access to clean water, despite the Australian government spending nearly $900 million on the program during the last financial year. According to a survey of 78 asylum seekers by the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC), almost all respondents reported … Read more
The Trump administration is developing a new regulatory plan that would allow U.S. Immigration officials to reject certain asylum applications without conducting the traditional, mandatory interviews. According to internal federal government documents, this measure is intended to address a significant backlog of asylum claims by streamlining the adjudication process. Did You Know? U.S. Immigration law … Read more