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Bangladesh

Record number of Bangladeshis sought asylum in Europe in 2023: Report

Italy emerged as the primary destination for Bangladeshi asylum applications last year

Migrants leave the arrival center for asylum seekers at Berlin's Reinickendorf district, Germany, 6 October 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
Europe

Asylum applications in EU at highest level since 2015/16 crisis

FILE PHOTO: People wait to seek help from the FCJ Refugee Center, which provides essential assistance for refugee claimants in Toronto, Canada, August 7, 2023. REUTERS/Wa Lone/File Photo
World+Biz

Canada shut its land border to asylum seekers. More refugees came anyway

Recently arrived migrants to New York City wait on the sidewalk outside the Roosevelt Hotel in midtown, Manhattan, where a temporary reception center has been established in New York City, New York, U.S., August 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar
World+Biz

New York struggles to shelter, process asylum-seekers amid heat

The sun, appearing orange due to smoke haze from forest fires, rises behind the skyline in New York City, New York, U.S., July 21, 2021. REUTERS/Bjoern Kils/New York Media Boat
USA

NYC converts hotels to shelters as pressure mounts to accommodate asylum seekers

EU+ saw 1 million asylum applications, including record 34,000 from Bangladeshis, in 2022
Bangladesh

EU+ saw 1 million asylum applications, including record 34,000 from Bangladeshis, in 2022

An US flag waves in the wind on a boat near the Statue of Liberty in New York August 31, 2011. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
USA

US plans tough restrictions on asylum seekers

London Bridge
Migration

Asylum seekers, undocumented Bangladeshis worried as UK tightens borders act

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World+Biz

Rwanda says 'not deterred' after UK asylum seeker flight cancelled

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World+Biz

Rwanda asylum flight gets cancelled after legal rulings

FILE PHOTO: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, February 9, 2022. REUTERS/Tom Nicholson
Europe

Britain to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing

Honduran asylum seekers sent back to Mexico from the US under Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) pass the time at a makeshift encampment near the US port of entry at the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, August 24, 2019/ Reuters
World+Biz

Canada back in court defending pact with US to turn back asylum-seekers

Myanmar migrants to be deported from Malaysia are seen inside an immigration truck, in Lumut, Malaysia February 23, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
World+Biz

Malaysia court allows temporary stay of deportation of 1,200 Myanmar nationals