Tag: Migration

• Thursday, May 30th 2024 - 14:10 UTC

  Uruguay issues decree to speed up admittance of Venezuelan asylum seekers

  

  The Uruguayan Government issued a decree Wednesday expediting the admission of some 3,500 Venezuelan refugees into the country, Foreign Minister Omar Paganini announced in a press conference in Montevideo.

• Friday, May 17th 2024 - 11:55 UTC

  Uruguay creates “Residence by rootedness” legal figure for asylum seekers

  

  Uruguayan authorities came up with the so-called “Residence by rootedness” (“residencia por arraigo”) solution to help some 20,000 migrants who had their asylum requests rejected but would otherwise need a consular visa to stay in the country, it was announced in Montevideo.

• Thursday, May 2nd 2024 - 05:47 UTC

  “Stop the boats” policy, First volunteer asylum seeker off to Rwanda

  

  British media is reporting that the UK has sent its first asylum-seeker to Rwanda under a voluntary scheme, just a week after the UK government adopted a controversial law allowing irregular migrants to be deported to the East African nation.

• Friday, April 26th 2024 - 10:40 UTC

  Falklands: temporary suspension of Permanent Residence Permit applications

  

  The Falkland Islands Customs and Immigration Service informed that the annual quota for applications has now been met for all Permanent Residence Permit applications (PRP).

• Wednesday, February 28th 2024 - 17:27 UTC

  Large scale Europol operation dismantles network smuggling migrants to UK

  

  A large-scale operation involving law enforcement and judicial authorities from Belgium, France and Germany and coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, has led to the dismantling of one of the most active networks involved in the smuggling of migrants across the English Channel in small boats.

• Friday, February 23rd 2024 - 10:46 UTC

  No plans for refugees turned down by UK to end up in Paraguay

  

  The British Embassy in Asunción Thursday denied press reports circulating in the Paraguayan capital according to which the South American country would be welcoming foreign refugees not accepted in the United Kingdom. The diplomatic mission insisted no negotiations in this regard had even been started and underlined that the sources and motives of Paraguayan outlets for publishing these reports were unknown to the legation.

• Tuesday, January 30th 2024 - 14:11 UTC

  Sunak's flagship Rwanda bill criticized but sails on with Lords’ votes

  

  BBC is reporting that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's flagship Rwanda bill has faced strong criticism during its first debate in the House of Lords. However the move failed and peers voted, 206 to 84 to move to the next stage.

• Tuesday, January 23rd 2024 - 10:03 UTC

  Lords call for the UK/Rwanda treaty to be delayed to improve asylum procedures

  

  The House of Lords has called for the new UK-Rwanda treaty to be delayed until Kigali improves its asylum procedures. Peers backed a motion calling the government not to ratify the treaty by 214 votes to 171, but the motion is not binding on the government, according to a report from BBC.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:48 UTC

  UK: Crucial vote on Rwanda bill this Wednesday; blow to PM Sunak's authority

  

  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a crucial vote on his Rwanda bill this Wednesday, after two Conservative deputy chairmen and a ministerial aide resigned to rebel over the issue. BBC has reported that on Tuesday Lee Anderson, Brendan Clarke-Smith and Jane Stevenson stepped down to vote for changes they said would toughen up the legislation.

• Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:45 UTC

  “Remigration,” an EU and German 'non word' applied to promote extreme right wing policies against migration

  

  Germany has increased its vocabulary of “non words”, with the term “remigration”, quite extensive to the rest of the European Union combating illegal migration. However a jury of linguists in Marburg in Hessen, argue the term is being used as a “euphemistic cover vocabulary” by extreme right wing parties.