Six Iranian asylum-seekers in Regensburg, Germany have begun a hunger strike to protest their undetermined refugee status, following several protests in southern German cities in connection with the refugee process.
Tag: Asylum
Ship carrying asylum seekers sinks off Indonesia; more than 200 people missing
The Washington Post – Rescuers battled high waves Sunday as they searched for 200 asylum seekers still missing after their wooden ship sank off Indonesia’s main island of Java. So far only 33 people have been plucked alive from the choppy waters.
7,600 asylum seekers in first six months of 2011
Industrialised countries saw a 17 per cent increase in asylum applications in the first half of this year, with most claimants coming from countries with long-standing displacement situations, the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR said on Tuesday.
Number Of Iranians Applying For Asylum In Europe Rises
A group of Iranian refugees, some of them with their mouths sewn shut, protest outside the UN refugee agency office in Athens demanding asylum.August 18, 2011The number of Iranians seeking asylum in European countries has risen steadily over the past two years, RFE/RL’s Radio Farda reports.