The Tasmanian Refugee Legal Service (TRLS) is representing a growing number of LGBTQIA+ clients seeking asylum who fear persecution in their home country.

What The Difference Is Between Refugees And Asylum Seekers More than 100 caravan migrants seeking asylum were allowed into the U.S. But what exactly is an asylum seeker? NPR's Audie Cornish speaks ...

Unlike the refugee system, where individuals have to apply for admission outside of the country, under the asylum system individuals can only request asylum when they are physically present in the ...

In 2015, Germany was faced with a mass influx of about 890,000 asylum seekers. It too used the 1951 Refugee Convention definition as its primary criterion for protection.

Refugees, asylum seekers, and IDPs flee danger; migrants and immigrants move by choice. The IRC delivers humanitarian services where they’re needed most, helping families in crisis survive, recover ...

In the United States, applying for asylum is a completely different process than arriving to the country as a refugee. Asylum seekers also tend to be of different nationalities than refugees.

The refugee numbers include only those who are legally resettled in the United States; asylum seekers who cross the border from Mexico, for example, do not count toward the limit.

5. Seeking asylum is a universal human right . Refugees’ right to seek asylum in another country is included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights alongside the right to a fair trial and ...

Society; April 21, 2020; Refugees in the Time of Covid-19 Refugees in the Time of Covid-19 Fleeing gangs and stalked by violence, thousands of asylum-seekers trapped in Mexico now face the pandemic.

Austria, home to roughly 100,000 Syrians, has been among several European countries calling for the return of certain ...

Most nations that offer asylum and international organizations aiding migrants adhere to guidelines set at the 1951 Refugee Convention, which offers protection to only those who are fleeing ...