The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war and the introduction of electronic summonses in Russia, which make it easier to send conscripts and mobilized to the front, again raised the question of moving to another country for many Russians. For many, moving involves obtaining political asylum in the US or the EU. Wherein…
“I left my SIM card at home.” Stories of people who were able to leave Russia despite persecution, reports Snob. Gulagu.net informant Sergei Savelyev, who took the torture archive from Russia, was evacuated through Africa to France. In addition to him, over the past 10 years even more people have been forced to leave the country...
A resident of the city of Bryansk was detained on suspicion of bribing a police investigator for making fictitious documents on criminal prosecution for her husband, according to the Investigation Department in the Bryansk region. A 37-year-old resident of Bryansk came to the investigator and wanted to bribe him, in order to ...
The administration of the current US President is seeking to broadly raise standards for those receiving asylum status in the US, a move that critics call the biggest attack on the country's asylum rights during Trump's presidency, writes Politico. The new rule presented at...
"Now that they're making parole available, they're putting as many barriers in place as possible," said an attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center, as quoted by NBC News. Two weeks ago, Karina Serrano Rodriguez was escorted to a computer terminal at the Detention Center...
In recent weeks, at least 4 people have been sent back to Mexico after being granted asylum in the United States. They all received fake subpoenas designed to keep people out of the United States who were legally allowed to enter the country. In November ...
I work a lot with the Russian-speaking community of San Francisco and the surrounding areas and translate for asylum interviews in the United States. Often before the interview, clients ask them for advice or ask similar questions. I decided to describe my work experience in an article and ...
The White House is developing a plan to make it difficult for the US asylum process. Immigrants will have to do more to prove they have a well-founded fear of returning home; in addition, the administration wants to designate border agents in charge of the interview process when applying for ...
Hundreds of migrants from a new caravan that has just reached the US border may have to wait in Mexico for months as US border agents in the tiny Texas town where these immigrants want to cross the border may currently process paperwork ...
Central Americans who fled the violence in their home countries in hopes of finding refuge in the United States risk being kidnapped or killed in Mexican border cities, where US authorities have sent asylum seekers since January 25 to await a decision on their cases. City…