AFPMigrants arrive at the port of Dover NOS news•today, 6:07 p.m After years of political and legal wrangling, the British Parliament last night passed the controversial law that allows asylum seekers to be deported to Rwanda. In that law, Rwanda is similar declared a safe country, which would allow the UK to legally transfer asylum … Read more
The temporary night shelter for asylum seekers will move from 2nd Exloërmond to Zuidwolde from April 9. The municipality of De Wolden will then make a plot available on the Leeuwenveenseweg to set up three large tents. A maximum of two hundred asylum seekers can go there. De Wolden is thus responding to a request … Read more
In view of its faltering deportation deal with Rwanda, the British government is now relying on financial incentives for migrants to travel to the East African country, according to media reports. Asylum seekers whose claims were rejected in the UK should be paid up to £3,000 (around €3,500) for a “voluntary move”, the newspaper was … Read more
ANPA asylum seekers arrive at the registration center in Ter Apel In association with RTV North NOS Nieuws•vandaag, 18:17 For the second day in a row, more than 2,000 people spent the night in the registration center in Ter Apel. Last night the counter stood at 2021 people, the night before at 2002. This means … Read more
NEW YORK — Seven migrants were arrested, including several Monday morning in an NYPD raid in the Bronx targeting a crew behind a citywide robbery pattern, the NYPD said. Police believe they are part of group responsible for a citywide pattern of cellphone robberies. Some of the stolen goods were recovered in the raid, police said. Police … Read more
NEW YORK — Seven migrants were arrested, including several Monday morning in an NYPD raid in the Bronx targeting a crew behind a citywide robbery pattern, the NYPD said. Police believe they are part of group responsible for a citywide pattern of cellphone robberies. Some of the stolen goods were recovered in the raid, police said. Police … Read more
Bonus spread lawThe dispersal law can be lucrative for municipalities with suitable and available locations for the reception of asylum seekers. It is most attractive to offer those locations within the next three months. The municipality then receives 2,500 to 5,000 euros per bed, on top of the usual amount for shelter. The amount of … Read more
The House of Lords of the British Parliament has voted to delay the ratification of a deal aimed at overcoming a legal block on Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda plan. The much-discussed plan involves asylum seekers who arrive on England’s south coast in small rubber boats being sent to Rwanda. The proposal has met with a lot … Read more
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams has announced new rules on how and when asylum seekers can be brought into New York. CBS New York is taking a closer look at the new system and how organizations are helping those arriving. Alexander Rapaport helps run the Masbia Soup Kitchen Network, which has several locations in … Read more
An emergency shelter for asylum seekers should be established in Borger-Odoorn from February, with which the municipality wants to take over from Stadskanaal. A motion by Pieter de Groot (GroenLinks) and John Goeree (D66) was adopted in the city council tonight. “We have actually been witnessing the increasingly untenable situation at the refugee shelter in … Read more