The European Union says Poland and other eastern flank countries can suspend asylum rights if they believe that Belarus and ...

For HRW, Tusk’s announcement of “temporary suspension of the right to asylum” on national security grounds violates EU law, ...

The European Commission has said that the decision to return Syrian refugees and asylum seekers is the preserve of individual ...

The commission monitors EU laws to ensure that they are respected. The right for people to seek asylum when they fear for their lives or safety in their home countries is encoded in the bloc’s ...

On Wednesday, the Polish government adopted a package of laws introducing changes to the country’s asylum policy, including ...

EU member states should be given leeway to close their borders to asylum seekers crossing from Russia and Belarus to combat Russian efforts to “weaponise” migration, the European Commission ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — Some European Union countries on Thursday ... Syrians who work in Germany and abide by its laws are welcome to stay. Over 47,000 asylum claims by Syrians are pending in Germany ...

Egypt adopted its first-ever asylum law this week, but it has sparked concerns among human rights groups who warn it takes a ...

Poland's government on Wednesday adopted a bill that would allow it to temporarily limit asylum rights, as it seeks to halt irregular migrant arrivals from neighbouring Belarus.

A diplomatic standoff has broken out between Poland and Hungary after the Hungarian government granted political asylum to a ...

Hungary has given political asylum to a Polish opposition politician who is wanted on suspicions of corruption ...

detaining asylum seekers in transit zones, and expelling third-country nationals without due process. The court described Hungary's actions as a "serious threat to the unity of EU law ...