political asylum

Europe News

Netherlands struggles with housing & migration crisis 'perfect storm'

Dutch nationals are competing with migrants for social housing places due to a lack of options.

26/07/2023

Europe News

Only 435 asylum-seekers have been relocated across the EU since June

All the relocations have been conducted from Italy and Cyprus towards other countries in Western Europe.

08/02/2023

Switzerland

Swiss-Belarusian ‘political prisoner’ freed after 17 months

The 52-year-old was arrested in September 2020 for taking part in opposition demonstrations in Belarus.

18/02/2022

My Europe Series

Is Europe turning its back on Belarusians fleeing Lukashenko's regime?

Poland was the only country to grant asylum to Belarusians in significant numbers, according to Eurostat.

04/01/2022

World News

NGO sues French and British authorities over Channel migrant tragedy

French and British rescue services are accused of ignoring calls for help, failing to prevent the biggest loss of life during attempted illegal crossings of the Channel.

20/12/2021

Austria

Russian convicted for Vienna murder of Chechen blogger

The 43-year-old victim, an ex-policeman and YouTube critic of Ramzan Kadyrov’s regime in Chechnya, was shot in the head on an industrial estate last year.

06/08/2021

World News

Wikileaks founder Assange to seek asylum in France

Julian Assange's lawyers say they plan to ask President Emmanuel Macron to grant their client asylum in France.

20/02/2020

Romania

The Romanian who is seeking asylum in Africa

He's not your typical asylum seeker, but Radu Mazare says he is simply trying to escape political persecution in his home country of Romania.

29/05/2018

Finland

Finland turns away asylum seeker — who gets killed upon return to Iraq

Ali's daughter, Noor, is adamant her father was killed by the same people who had made him seek refuge in Finland in 2015.

19/02/2018

Sweden

Pussy Riot members say Swedish exile is price of opposing Putin

The two members were beaten and detained in Russia after criticizing Putin — and have since fled the country to claim asylum in Sweden.

15/02/2018