Expelled asylum seekers ‘crying out for help’ in northern Mexico
Removed from the United States, asylum-seekers fear for their safety in northern Mexico and deadly violence if they return to their Central American homelands. By Tim Gaynor in Tijuana Honduran mother of three Lorena* recalls how she clambered on to a makeshift raft...
UNHCR warns against “exporting” asylum, calls for responsibility sharing for refugees, not burden shifting
Amid considerations by some governments to send asylum seekers abroad for processing, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is urging states not to externalize their asylum and protection obligations. UNHCR warns that such practices jeopardize the safety of those in need of...
UNHCR concerned by Hungary’s latest measures affecting access to asylum
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, deplores the recent decision of the Hungarian government to extend a decree that authorizes the police to automatically and summarily remove anyone intercepted for irregular entry and stay. As a result of this decision, people who may be...