Tag: #Asylum
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Thatcher approved Corazon Aquino asylum request: archives
London, Dec 31 (AFP/APP): British prime minister Margaret Thatcher granted Corazon Aquino’s request for asylum at the height of the uprising that swept her to power in the Philippines, according to newly declassified files released on Tuesday. Aquino headed the four-day 1986 People Power Revolution that ended the 21-year rule of totalitarian president Ferdinand Marcos.…
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Asylum-seekers in Greece, Italy face years of limbo: EU audit
Brussels, Nov 13 (AFP/APP): Asylum-seekers crowded into “hotspots” in Greece and Italy face limbo that can drag on for years because of legal bottlenecks and poorly performing EU schemes, a report said Wednesday. The document, by the EU’s European Court of Auditors, also found that two agencies meant to assist the two countries with their…
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Fugitive Malaysian 1MDB financier offered asylum: spokesperson
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 1 (AFP/APP): A Malaysian financier wanted for his role in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB financial scandal has been offered asylum abroad, his spokesman said Friday, as reports surfaced he was in the Middle East. The news came a day after US officials announced that Low Taek Jho had struck a settlement to forfeit…
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Foreigners camp outside UN offices in S.Africa
Dozens of Foreign Nationals demand to be removed from South Africa