The Iranian asylum seeker who tried to catch himself alight two weeks ago at the Icelandic Red Cross HQ in Reykjavik, will be released from custody today. He faces a possible four-year prison sentence. Read the full story
Posted on 20 May 2011.
The Iranian asylum seeker who tried to catch himself alight two weeks ago at the Icelandic Red Cross HQ in Reykjavik, will be released from custody today. He faces a possible four-year prison sentence. Read the full story
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Posted on 17 May 2011.
Ossur Skarphedinsson, Iceland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, has extended an offer of asylum on behalf of the Icelandic state to Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a woman on death row in Iran. Read the full story
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Posted on 12 May 2011.
Two people claiming to be from Eritrea were arrested and sentenced in Iceland this week for using false passports. Read the full story
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Posted on 12 May 2011.
The former nurse of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been denied her initial application for asylum in Norway. Read the full story
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Posted on 09 May 2011.
Ihtisham Ul Itaq from Afghanistan waited for one-and-a-half years for his asylum request to be processed by Iceland’s Directorate of Immigration. He was awarded a residence permit last year and says that the long waiting time has a terrible effect on people. Read the full story
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Posted on 06 May 2011.
An asylum seeker from Iran this morning took two cans of petrol into the Icelandic Red Cross headquarters in Reykjavik, covered himself in the fluid and threatened to set fire to himself. He later told police he did it out of desperation. Read the full story
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Posted on 23 April 2011.
A lead candidate for the upcoming local elections in Oslo has caused controversy by calling for all new asylum seekers to be psychologically tested after a string of rapes in the city. Read the full story
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Posted on 01 April 2011.
A group of three asylum seekers is planning to take legal action against the Norwegian government and immigration authorities for what they say is wrongful deportation to Greece. Read the full story
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Posted on 29 October 2010.
A care company which provides transitional housing for refugee children in Sweden has been slammed for pocketing nearly SEK 3 million (USD 456,330) in profits since April this year. The city of Malmo pays the VoB Syd firm SEK 37,000 a day to provide housing for unaccompanied refugee children in the nearby Lomma area, but according to newspaper Sydsvenskan, only half of this is actually spent on accommodation. Read the full story
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Posted on 05 November 2009.
Denmark yesterday repatriated 12 failed asylum seekers to Iraq as the latest part of the controversial forceful repatriation agreement Denmark signed with the Iraqi government. Read the full story
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