Posts tagged with "immigration"

225 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in 2017 Cyprus

225 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in 2017

May 16th, 2018 Some 225 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in Cyprus last year, according to the latest Eurostat report made public on Wednesday. The report said that the unaccompanied minors amounted to 32.4 per cent of all asylum applications received in Cyprus. Four per cent of applicants concerned minors up to 14 years old, while the...
Trying to end scandal, May appoints Javid as interior minister Britain

Trying to end scandal, May appoints Javid as interior minister

April 30th, 2018 Britain's Theresa May appointed Sajid Javid as her new interior minister on Monday, elevating the former banker to try to draw a line under an immigration scandal that has threatened the prime minister's authority. Known for his passion for detail when he was business minister, Javid, who backed staying in the European Union, will...
Asylum-seekers at real risk of homelessness Cyprus

Asylum-seekers at real risk of homelessness

April 24th, 2018 A “disturbingly high” number of asylum-seekers in Cyprus are facing risk of homelessness, destitution and desperation because of critical shortcomings in the national asylum and reception policies, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (Unhcr) said on Monday. The international organisation said it was aware of a number...
Push to establish special court to speed up asylum cases Cyprus

Push to establish special court to speed up asylum cases

April 18th, 2018 Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou presented a new bill on Wednesday to establish a new court to decide appeals of third-country nationals who have not been granted international protection status. Nicolaou, who presented the bill to the House legal affairs committee, said that an international protection court would meet European...
From liberal hero to right-wing icon, Orban's appeal trumps rivals Europe

From liberal hero to right-wing icon, Orban's appeal trumps rivals

April 9th, 2018 An anti-Communist hero to many, Hungary's longest-serving prime minister Viktor Orban has veered far from his formative liberal views to become a staunch opponent of immigration, admired by the far right across Europe. The 54-year-old Hungarian premier, who secured a third straight term in office in elections on Sunday, has set out to...
US visa applicants to be asked for social media history Americas

US visa applicants to be asked for social media history

March 30th, 2018 The US government plans to collect social media history from nearly everyone who seeks entry into the United States, State Department proposals showed on Friday as part of President Donald Trump's policy of "extreme vetting." Most immigrant and non-immigrant visa applicants - about 14.7 million people - will be asked to list on a...
US Supreme Court takes up new immigration detention dispute Americas

US Supreme Court takes up new immigration detention dispute

March 19th, 2018 The US Supreme Court on Monday took up a new dispute over the detention of immigrants in a case involving whether people who were convicted of criminal offenses and were subject to deportation can go free in certain instances after serving their prison terms. The justices will hear an appeal by President Donald Trump's administration...
Trump pushes hardline immigration policies even as he urges unity World

Trump pushes hardline immigration policies even as he urges unity

January 31st, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump urged lawmakers on Tuesday to work toward bipartisan compromises, but pushed a hard line on immigration, insisting on a border wall and other concessions from Democrats as part of any deal to protect the children of illegal immigrants. Trump, in his first State of the Union speech, gave no ground on the...
German SPD leader ‘dampens hopes for quick deal’ (Update) Europe

German SPD leader ‘dampens hopes for quick deal’ (Update)

January 29th, 2018 The leader of Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) played down hopes on Monday for swift progress in coalition talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, an SPD source said, amid continued disagreement over several issues including refugees. Four months after both Merkel's party and the SPD performed worse than expected in a...
Trump says 'I'm not a racist,' keeps door open for DACA deal Americas

Trump says 'I'm not a racist,' keeps door open for DACA deal

January 15th, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump insisted on Sunday "I'm not a racist" in response to reports that he had described immigrants from Haiti and African countries as coming from "shithole countries." Trump also said he was "ready, willing and able" to reach a deal to protect illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children from...
'Thanks, but no thanks': Norwegians reject Trump's offer Europe

'Thanks, but no thanks': Norwegians reject Trump's offer

January 12th, 2018 Many Norwegians rejected on Friday a suggestion by US President Donald Trump that they would be more welcome to move to the United States than immigrants from "shithole countries" such as Haiti or African nations. The Nordic country, one of the richest in the world by GDP per capita, was last year named the happiest nation on the...
Trump questions taking immigrants from 'shithole countries' Americas

Trump questions taking immigrants from 'shithole countries'

January 12th, 2018 President Donald Trump on Thursday questioned why the United States would want to have immigrants from Haiti and African nations, referring to some as "shithole countries," according to two sources familiar with the comments. Trump's remarks, made in the White House, came as Democratic Senator Dick Durbin and Republican Senator...
AG knocks foreign ministry edict on tourists staying in the north Cyprus

AG knocks foreign ministry edict on tourists staying in the north

December 10th, 2017 By Elias Hazou THE FOREIGN ministry directive barring entry to non-EU nationals arriving at Cyprus airports if they intend to stay on Greek Cypriot properties in the north is still in force, the Sunday Mail has learned, despite an opinion issued two months ago by Attorney-general Costas Clerides suggesting the policy is deeply flawed...
Suspected people smuggler remanded Cyprus

Suspected people smuggler remanded

December 6th, 2017 A 37-year-old man suspected of smuggling 38 migrants into Cyprus was remanded for eight days on Wednesday by Nicosia district court. He was arrested a day earlier and faces charges in connection with assisting third country nationals to illegally enter or stay in the Republic as well as people smuggling. The migrants, 33 men, one...
Trump seeks border wall, crackdown on unaccompanied minors for 'Dreamer' deal Americas

Trump seeks border wall, crackdown on unaccompanied minors for 'Dreamer' deal

October 9th, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump, who pledged to help protect young people known as "Dreamers" brought illegally to the United States as children, called on Sunday for money to fund a border wall to be part of any immigration deal. In a list of "principles" laid out in documents released by the White House, the Trump administration also...
North tourist ban came from foreign ministry Cyprus

North tourist ban came from foreign ministry

September 20th, 2017   The directive to turn away non-EU nationals arriving at Cyprus airports if they intended to stay at hotels built on Turkish-held Greek Cypriot-owned hotels in the north was issued in June by the foreign ministry, which failed to inform embassies, tour operators, or even the rest of the government, the Cyprus Mail learned on...
Trump: The American people voted for immigration control Americas

Trump: The American people voted for immigration control

August 23rd, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump revved up supporters on Tuesday with a defense of his response to a white supremacist-organized rally in Virginia, and a promise to shut down the government if necessary to build a wall along with the border with Mexico. Under fire for saying "both sides" were to blame for the violence between white...
UK ‘must agree’ implementation period for EU migration curbs Brexit

UK ‘must agree’ implementation period for EU migration curbs

July 21st, 2017 The British government should agree an implementation period for curbs to immigration from the European Union after Britain leaves the bloc to allow businesses time to adapt, a committee of lawmakers said in a report published on Friday. Concerns over immigration were a key driver behind last year's vote to leave the EU, and the...
Immigration and property top list of complaints to ombudswoman Cyprus

Immigration and property top list of complaints to ombudswoman

January 11th, 2017 The ombudswoman received 2,634 complaints last year, most relating to immigration issues and property, but also police brutality and health. Speaking in parliament, Ombudswoman Eliza Savvidou said of these complaints 158 were from individuals with disabilities filed complaints, 84 on equality issues and 124 concerned...
Swiss skirt clash with EU over immigration, Brussels upbeat Europe

Swiss skirt clash with EU over immigration, Brussels upbeat

December 16th, 2016 The Swiss parliament passed a law on Friday aimed at curbing immigration by giving local people first crack at open jobs, skirting voters' demand for outright quotas, which it feared could disrupt close ties with the European Union. The European Commission gave the law a cautious welcome while it checks with members on how to handle...
No compromise in sight, EU ministers at odds over immigration Europe

No compromise in sight, EU ministers at odds over immigration

November 18th, 2016 European Union interior ministers were at odds on Friday over how to handle immigration, with heated discussions between states who want more burden sharing and those who oppose any kind of obligatory relocation. "We are looking for compromises but at the moment they are not there," said Thomas De Maiziere of Germany, which last year...
Top bankers warn of risk of 2017 exodus from Britain Business

Top bankers warn of risk of 2017 exodus from Britain

October 12th, 2016 By Andrew MacAskill and Anjuli Davies Top bankers warned they could start moving staff abroad as early as next year if there is no clarity on whether Britain will retain access to the European single market when it leaves the EU. Senior executives from European divisions of some of the world's biggest financial institutions told a...
Hispanic backers sour on Trump after immigration speech World

Hispanic backers sour on Trump after immigration speech

September 2nd, 2016 Some of Donald Trump's Hispanic backers distanced themselves from the Republican nominee on Thursday for standing by a hardline approach to illegal immigration in a key speech after indicating for weeks that he may soften his approach. Trump tried to clarify confusion about immigration, his signature policy issue, in a speech on...
Should Britain stay in the EU? Key claims from both sides World

Should Britain stay in the EU? Key claims from both sides

June 19th, 2016 By David Milliken BRITONS have been bombarded in recent weeks with rival claims from both sides ahead of the June 23 referendum on whether the country should remain in the 28-nation European Union. Following is a summary of some of the main claims about economics, the cost of EU membership, migration and security from Britain’s...
Fewer foreigners arrive in Switzerland amid anti-immigration mood World

Fewer foreigners arrive in Switzerland amid anti-immigration mood

April 19th, 2016 Migration to Switzerland slowed in early 2016, authorities said on Tuesday, as the country moves closer towards its self-imposed deadline to curb the influx of European Union workers. Switzerland is two-thirds of the way through a three-year timetable to enforce a binding 2014 referendum vote in favour of migration quotas which would...
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