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Conservatives Call for Probe Into Health Benefits of Asylum Seekers

The Epoch Times 24 Feb 2026
... for the government to review how health benefits are given to asylum seekers and restrict who is given access to such services.
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Germany Allows Asylum Seekers to Work Just Three Months After Arrival

Khaama Press 24 Feb 2026
Germany’s Interior Minister announces asylum seekers can work three months after arrival, even before their applications are processed, as part of integration-focused reforms ... asylum applications.
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The 23 Australian children stuck in Syria are not responsible for their parents. They need ...

The Guardian 24 Feb 2026
If the circumstances of those from Roj camp become even more perilous, the Albanese government may be forced to intervene. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates ... ....
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I have seen the scale of the mountain Labour has to climb in Gorton and ...

The Guardian 24 Feb 2026
In focus groups, people are clear they want to stop Farage at all costs. Labour must now reach out to the progressives it has disappointed. The great gulf between left and right yawns deeper and wider ... That’s over.
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Fight the power – in your pyjamas: the film about the day Glasgow kicked out ...

The Guardian 24 Feb 2026
A neighbour in nightwear, a local imam, a schoolkid, the activist known as Van Man – they and many more stood firm ... ....
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In 2022, Labor MPs urged compassion for Australian women and children stuck in Syria. Now ...

The Guardian 24 Feb 2026
The government’s drastically changed rhetoric about its legal obligations to Australian citizens is a symptom of 2026’s ugly politics ... ....
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EU adopts bloc-wide ‘safe countries’ list in asylum overhaul

Anadolu Agency 23 Feb 2026
The EU has formally adopted its first EU-wide list of “safe countries of origin” and revised the “safe third country” concept, as part of efforts to streamline its asylum system.
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‘This is about one thing: making our country whiter’: Pingree Condemns DHS Proposal that Would Pause Work Permits for All Asylum Seekers (Chellie Pingree)

Public Technologies 23 Feb 2026
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced a new proposed rule that would pause work permit issuance for people with pending asylum applications. This change represents a sweeping erosion to employment authorization for asylum seekers.
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Trump admin proposal could bring drastic changes to asylum process

Sott 23 Feb 2026
Employment authorizations would be paused until processing times for asylum applications reach 180 days or lower, according to the proposal.
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Council gives final greenlight to measures to make the EU’s asylum system more efficient and robust 10:30 The EU list of safe countries of origin will speed up asylum processes; the safe third country concept tightens admissibility rules. Council of the EU (ECOFIN - Economic and Financial Affairs Council)

Public Technologies 23 Feb 2026
These two legislations aim to further harmonise and make more efficient the EU's migration and asylum framework ... The revised safe third country concept will give member states more flexibility for rejecting asylum applications as inadmissible.
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Council gives final greenlight to measures to make the EU’s asylum system more efficient and robust 10:30 The EU list of safe countries of origin will speed up asylum processes; the safe third country concept tightens admissibility rules. Council of the EU (Eurogroup - Eurozone)

Public Technologies 23 Feb 2026
These two legislations aim to further harmonise and make more efficient the EU's migration and asylum framework ... The revised safe third country concept will give member states more flexibility for rejecting asylum applications as inadmissible.
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The US deported a gay asylum-seeker to a third country where homosexuality is illegal

Newsday 23 Feb 2026
DAKAR, Senegal — Being gay in Morocco is illegal and punishable by up to three years in prison ... Sign up ... She was denied asylum, but in August she received a protection order from an U.S ... Her partner, denied asylum and a protection order, was deported.
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Brazil Takes Over Mexico’s Embassy As Peru Severs Diplomatic Ties

OWP 23 Feb 2026
Since being granted asylum, Chavez has not stepped foot out of the Mexican Embassy, preventing the Peruvian government from detaining and proceeding with her prosecution ... international asylum norms.
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