immigration

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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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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02 Sep

Germany’s leaders pay tribute to victims of the Solingen knife attack

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BERLIN -- German leaders paid tribute Sunday to the three people killed in the Aug. 23 knife attack by a suspected Islamic extremist, which has pushed immigration back to the top of the country's political agenda.Eight people also were wounded in the attack at a “Festival of Diversity” marking the 650th anniversary of the city of Solingen in western Germany. President Frank-Walter Steinmeier said at a memorial event in a city theater that he was “relieved and thankful” that none of them is now in serious danger.The 26-year-old Syrian suspect, who was arrested a day after the attack, was supposed…
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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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24 Aug

11th victim found after a boat carrying migrants capsized on a river on the Serbia-Bosnia border

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BRATUNAC, Bosnia-Herzegovina -- A man's body was pulled out of the Drina River on the border between Serbia and Bosnia on Friday, bringing to 11 the number of people who drowned when a boat carrying migrants capsized a day earlier, Serbian police said.The body of an “irregular migrant” was found on the Bosnian side of the river, Serbia Interior Minister Ivica Dačić said in a statement. He said that authorities believe that the man is the last missing person from Thursday's tragedy.The boat was carrying between 25 and 30 migrants when it overturned early Thursday on the Drina. The bodies…
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India-born H-4 visa holder forced to self-deport from US after ‘aging out’ from his mother’s green card petition
19 Jun

India-born H-4 visa holder forced to self-deport from US after ‘aging out’ from his mother’s green card petition

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On June 13, a bipartisan group of lawmakers addressed administrative actions that need to be taken to safeguard children of green card applicants, who may otherwise be pushed to leave the United States on “aging out.” Led by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) and Rep. Deborah Ross (D-NC), a letter signed by 43 lawmakers was sent to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and US Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Ur Jaddou, urging the Biden administration to take necessary steps to protect children of professionals awaiting the approval of their employment-based green card. Roshan Taroll, who works for a semiconductor company in…
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Canada study permit for 50-year-old Indian sparks fury, ‘You can’t just come here with a visitor visa and…’
15 Jun

Canada study permit for 50-year-old Indian sparks fury, ‘You can’t just come here with a visitor visa and…’

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Conversations related to visas and immigration are always sensitive matters owing to the cumbersome baggage (emotional, financial and official) attached. So, the announcement of one finally succeeding at crossing off all legal boxes to enter a country should ideally be a cause for celebration. However, one such recently surfaced case of an Indian-origin man securing a study permit for his Canadian stay had Reddit up in arms. Reddit lambasts an Indian-origin man for entering Canada with a visitor visa and then transitioning to a study permit to supposedly extend his stay in the country. CanadaHousing2, a subreddit channel on the…
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