Asylum

18 Sep

Hungary refuses to pay fines for breaking EU asylum rules. Brussels is taking the money anyway.

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BRUSSELS -- The European Union on Wednesday began the process of clawing back hundreds of millions of euros in funds meant to go Hungary after its ant-migrant government refused to pay a huge fine for breaking the bloc’s asylum rules.In June, the EU’s top court ordered Hungary to pay 200 million euros ($223 million) for persistently depriving migrants of their right to apply for asylum. The court imposed an additional fine of 1 million euros for every day it failed to comply.The European Court of Justice described Hungary’s actions as “an unprecedented and extremely serious infringement of EU law.” Hungarian…
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08 Sep

Venezuela revokes Brazil's status as custodian of Argentina diplomatic mission housing asylum seeking opponents

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Venezuela revokes Brazil's status as custodian of Argentina diplomatic mission housing asylum seeking opponents https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/abc_news_default_2000x2000_update_16x9_992.jpg #Venezuela #revokes #Brazil039s #status #custodian #Argentina #diplomatic #mission #housing #asylum #seeking #opponents
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06 Sep

Hungary signals it’s serious about sending buses of asylum seekers to EU headquarters

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BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Hungary's anti-immigrant government signaled Friday that it is serious about implementing a plan to provide asylum seekers free one-way travel to Brussels, a measure meant to pressure the European Union into relenting on heavy fines against the country for its restrictive asylum policies. At a news conference in the capital Budapest, State Secretary Bence Rétvári claimed the EU wanted to force Hungary to allow “illegal migrants” across its borders, and said the country would “offer these illegal migrants, voluntarily, free of charge, one-way travel to Brussels."Backdropped by a row of passenger buses with illuminated signs reading “Röszke-Brussels”…
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01 Sep

Mexico offers rides north for migrants with US asylum appointments

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MEXICO CITY -- Mexico will offer escorted bus rides from southern Mexico to the U.S. border for non-Mexican migrants who have received a United States asylum appointment, the government announced Saturday.The National Immigration Institute said the buses will leave from the southern cities of Villahermosa and Tapachula. It appeared to be an attempt to make applying for asylum appointments from southern Mexico more attractive to migrants who otherwise would push north to Mexico City or the border.The announcement came a week after the U.S. government expanded access to the CBP One application to southern Mexico. Access to the app, which…
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