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Adelaide family given last-minute visa extension to stay in Australia, but their future is still in limbo

An Adelaide-based family who is pleading with the federal government to allow them to stay in Australia says the country's visa laws need to change to give more people a "fair go".

ABC News

What is the ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy that Biden just ended?

On Monday night, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it ended the Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for immigration hearings, continuing a legal battle with Texas.

Tribune News Service

Asylum-seekers face delays on recent work permit applications

Yusuf Ali Sendil, a medical doctor who fled political persecution in Turkey, will lose his chance to be a resident at Rutgers University’s hospital in less than a month unless a U.S. immigration agency approves his work permit in time.

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Vulnerable migrants scammed out of ‘huge sums of money’ by rogue solicitors and immigration advisers

Exclusive: Fraudsters damaging people ‘emotionally and financially when they are at their most vulnerable’, watchdog says

The Independent UK

Asylum-seekers face delays on recent work permit applications - Roll Call

Thousands of asylum-seekers wait months more than expected for the backlogged immigration agency to approve their work permit requests.

Roll Call

Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Afghan Adjustment Act To Help Afghan Evacuees Stay in the U.S.

But thousands of Afghans who helped U.S. forces are still stuck in Afghanistan under Taliban rule.

Reason

Immigration to Israel from Ukraine, Russia jumps amid conflict

More than 31,000 people from Ukraine and Russia have emigrated to Israel since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in February, a massive increase from a similar pre-war period, official data showed on Wednesday.

Reuters

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Why some Haitian boat refugees are allowed into the US and others are sent back

MIAMI — A worrying rise in the number of Haitian refugees arriving by boat off the Florida coast is raising questions about a long-standing immigration practice that determines why some fleeing migrants are processed into the United States and others are quickly returned back to Haiti despite making it into…

Miami Herald

Democrats, Republicans sponsor bill to give thousands of Afghans path to citizenship

Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in both houses of U.S. Congress to establish a path to American citizenship for thousands of Afghan evacuees admitted to the United States on temporary immigration status, the sponsors announced on Tuesday.

Reuters

Shelving of Yorkshire asylum centre raises questions about policy – and Patel

Analysis: as Boris Johnson’s immigration proposals face another setback, the home secretary’s position is also in doubt

The Guardian - UK

Tories abandon plans to house 1,500 asylum seekers in Yorkshire village

Desertion of RAF Linton-on-Ouse scheme is latest immigration policy climbdown after Truss and Sunak opposed plans

The Guardian - UK

Homeland Security says it will end “remain in Mexico” policy and allow asylum seekers to enter U.S.

The agency announced late Monday that it will end the Trump-era program, which forced asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases are pending, after a Texas federal judge lifted an injunction

The Texas Tribune

ACLU urges end to some local immigration enforcement deals

WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union urged federal immigration authorities on Tuesday to end dozens of cooperation agreements with local law enforcement agencies that the group identified as having the worst records of civil rights violations, bad jails or prisons and other factors.

Tribune News Service

New residence permits in EU rose to approach pre-pandemic levels in 2021

Residence permits issued for the first time in the European Union climbed close to pre-pandemic levels last year, with Poland leading the bloc due mostly to work-related immigration while France largely attracted students, the bloc's statistics office said on Tuesday.

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DHS to phase out 'Remain in Mexico' policy after court action - Roll Call

The Department of Homeland Security announced it will begin phasing out a program that requires some asylum-seekers to spend months in Mexico.

Roll Call

ACLU urges end to some local immigration enforcement deals - Roll Call

Advocacy group highlights DHS cooperation agreements with local agencies that have records of civil rights violations

The Guardian - UK

Woman who came to UK as a baby 45 years ago fighting for right to work

Spanish-born woman sacked from care home after being unable to prove immigration status

The Independent UK

Biden administration says 'Remain in Mexico' policy is over

The Department of Homeland Security says it has ended a Trump-era policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court

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Bangkok Post

Monkeypox immunity tests to begin

The Department of Medical Science is seeking volunteers who received the smallpox vaccine when it was still being widely administered prior to 1980 to test whether they have been left with any residual immunity against monkeypox having successfully cultivated test strains of the new virus in their laboratories.

Reason

America Needs More Foreign STEM Talent To Produce Semiconductors. The CHIPS Act Won't Fix That.

The U.S. is missing out on necessary high-skilled workers by faltering on immigration reform.

Newsroom.co.nz

Immigration system bug delays visa processing

Thousands of resident visa applicants are in limbo as they wait for a 'bug' in Immigration NZ’s processing system to be rectified, months after it was discovered.

Zenger

More Than 100 Migrants Found In Packed Truck At Mexican Border

A trucker was seized by Mexican immigration officials after they discovered more than 100 migrants crammed into a truck heading for the United States.

Roll Call

Democrats stand ground against GOP immigration amendments - Roll Call

Senate Democrats stuck together in floor votes over the weekend to stop immigration-related amendments to their budget reconciliation bill.

Los Angeles Times

More than a million could die waiting for green cards as US immigration buckles amid COVID

WASHINGTON — Milap Kashipara spent 16 years waiting for a green card that he hoped would lead to better opportunities for his three children than in India, as well as a chance to reunite with his siblings in California.

The Texas Tribune

ACLU calls on feds to investigate Abbott’s policy transporting migrants back to border

In July, Abbott authorized state law enforcement to transport migrants to ports of entry. It’s unclear how and why migrants are being detained, raising civil rights concerns and questions about whether the state is overstepping federal authority.

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