asylum-seekers

A sudden wave of refugee claimants has helped make Hungary Canada's top source of asylum-seekers, prompting the federal government to call on Budapest to take action -- possibly against organized crime elements, Canwest News Service has learned.

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Authorities estimate about 90 Iraqi, Iranian and Kurdish asylum-seekers were on board the vessel.

Australian Police Charge 3 People Smugglers Over Shipwrecked Boat Rachel Pannett 2011

The UNHCR says it is gravely concerned about the dangers for civilians and especially for asylum-seekers and refugees inadvertently caught up in the violence.

UN Appeals to Governments to Grant Asylum to People Fleeing Libya 2011

But the federal government also hasn't ruled out that option after the number of asylum-seekers skyrocketed during the April-to-June period, making Hungary the third-highest source of claimants after Mexico and the Czech Republic in that period.

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No issue has tested this comfortable consensus more than the ascent of Islam, first presented by immigrants from Morocco and Turkey in the 1960s and 1970s, and then by asylum-seekers and refugees from various Muslim countries beginning in the 1990s.

In Holland, Free Speech on Trial Ayaan Hirsi Ali 2010

TEL AVIV—Israel is considering controversial new legislation to rebuff a surging tide of African asylum-seekers through lengthy detention time, highlighting an emotionally charged debate in a country established to absorb Jewish refugees after World War II.

Israel Studies Plan to Detain Illegal Migrants Joel Millman 2011

In return for Wilders 'support, his political allies have promised to turn away more asylum-seekers and cut immigration from nonwestern countries in half.

Geert Wilders, Anti-Islam Dutch Politician, On Trial For Hate Speech Charges AP 2010

They have been used occasionally, in fact, for natural disasters and, more recently, to house asylum-seekers from North Africa.

Swiss Renew Push for Bomb Shelters Deborah Ball 2011

In the early days of the conflict, the asylum-seekers were mostly journalists, police officers and officials who had been threatened by organized crime.

Mexicans Fleeing the Drug War Pour Into the U.S. | Impact Lab 2010

In Parliament, the lawmaker brothers followed a similar path, voting in sync for the Labour Party's strict antiterrorism laws, stricter controls on asylum-seekers stays in Britain and the introduction of identity cards, according to an analysis by theyworkforyou. com.

British Labour Chief Faces Balancing Act on Spending Alistair MacDonald 2010