Tag: asylum

• Saturday, September 23rd 2023 - 11:40 UTC

  Half a million Venezuelans asylum seekers allowed to work legally in US

  

  Venezuelans seeking asylum in the US who are already living in the country will be allowed to work legally under new rules announced by the Biden administration. About 472,000 people will be eligible for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for a period of 18 months.

• Wednesday, June 9th 2021 - 09:50 UTC

  Interpol red alert out against “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón but arrest will have to wait

  

  Interpol Uruguay received a red alert for the arrest of former Macrist aide Fabián “Pepín” Rodríguez Simón but his arrest will have to wait until his request for political asylum is answered, it was reported.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:32 UTC

  Asylum seeking migrants occupy bridge linking Matamoros with the US

  

  Migrants seeking asylum in the United States who are camped in a dangerous Mexican border town occupied a bridge to Brownsville, Texas on Thursday, leading U.S. authorities to close the crossing, witnesses and authorities said.

• Wednesday, May 1st 2019 - 05:00 UTC

  The military revolt against Maduro fizzling out; Guaido calls for a major protest rally on Wednesday

  

  Demonstrators clashed violently with police on the streets of the Venezuelan capital on Tuesday, spurred by opposition leader Juan Guaido's call on the military to rise up against President Nicolas Maduro, whose government said it was putting down an attempted coup.

• Wednesday, April 17th 2019 - 15:36 UTC

  Alan García dies after shooting himself before being arrested

  

  Perú’s former president, Alan García, died in a hospital on Wednesday at noon after shoting himself in the head when he was to be arrested by the police at his home in Lima.

• Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 15:24 UTC

  Uruguay rejects Peruvian ex-president Alan García's asylum petition

  

  Uruguay’s President, Tabaré Vázquez announced Monday along with Uruguayan Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa that Peruvian former president Alan García will not receive political asylum. The rejection of the request is due to the fact that in Peru “the three powers of the State operate” freely, said Vázquez.

• Monday, November 19th 2018 - 16:37 UTC

  Uruguay grants asylum to ex Peruvian president Alan Garcia

  

  Uruguay will grant asylum to Peruvian ex-president Alan Garcia, announced the country's foreign minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa on Sunday evening when he was asked about the request. “The answer is yes”, said the minister in Montevideo.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  US restricts asylum access: leaves out victims of domestic abuse and gang violence

  

  United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions signaled on Monday that victims of domestic abuse and gang violence generally will not qualify for asylum under federal law, a decision that advocates say will endanger tens of thousands of foreign nationals seeking safe harbor in the United States.