Tag: Asylum
Iraqi Bush-shoe-thrower seeks Swiss asylum
Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi, who made headlines after throwing his shoes at US president George W. Bush at a press conference in December, is...
Bin Laden’s son seeks and is denied political asylum in Spain
Spain has rejected an asylum request from Omar Osama bin Laden, the son of Osama bin Laden, after deciding that he did not meet...
Hunger Striking Illegal Immigrants in Belgium in Critical Condition
Eighty asylum-seekers in Brussels are nearing death after going for eighty days without food. The hunger strikers are protesting the government’s refusal to...
Hundreds of child immigrants arrive alone, says NGO
According to NGO Save the Children, hundreds of children who arrived on the Italian island of Lampedusa seeking refuge, arrived without parents or guardians....