Tag: asylum
EU: white smoke on migrants and asylum, Italy applauds
(Finance) – After ten years of trying, in Brussels it’s time to white smoke: The Council, Commission and Parliament have in fact found “political agreement” on the five legislative pieces…
The EU has agreed on a historic asylum and migration pact
In short, it means that a compromise has been reached on migration policy between the EU Commission, the EU Parliament and the EU member states. The agreement follows years of…
Houtense asylum councilor Sander Bos quits
VVD member Bos became an alderman in the municipality of West Maas en Waal in 2014, and has been part of the Houten municipal council since May 2020. During this…
The departure of an alderman should not lead to a delay in asylum reception, according to Houten council members
Councilors think it is “a great shame” that he is leaving and praise him as a nice person and very knowledgeable councilor who had short lines of communication with councilors…
The flight of asylum seekers to Rwanda will take place – read what the legal initiative is about | Foreign countries
The British Parliament approved a bill allowing asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda. The disputed bill will now go to the committee round. The government wants to send asylum…
Status holders do not wait for deportation, but leave asylum seekers’ centers in Amersfoort voluntarily
As an asylum seeker you are entitled to reception from the COA. This right ends, among other things, when an asylum application is granted and suitable housing has been found.…
New asylum agreement between the UK and Rwanda
full screen The agreement was signed by British Home Secretary James Cleverly and Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta in Rwanda’s capital, Kigali. Photo: Ben Birchall/AP/TT Britain and Rwanda have signed…
TASS: Russia started looking for asylum seekers on trains going to Finland | Foreign countries
Every day, dozens of freight trains crossed the border between Finland and Russia right at Vainikkala. Russia started to check whether there are undocumented asylum seekers on freight trains traveling…
Minister Rantanen’s rant about Putin seeking asylum spread like wildfire in the media of Russia and Ukraine Foreign countries
In the Ukrainian media, the topic was treated in a more neutral tone than in Finland’s eastern neighbor. At the end of last week, the Russian-language opposition media SVTV News…
Soesters bring asylum seekers’ center protest to town hall: ‘140 asylum seekers is too many’
Dozens of residents of the Soester district of Smitsveen have objected to a possible asylum seeker center in their neighborhood in the municipal council. The municipality recently announced that it…