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2 Afghan Teens Jailed For Raping 15-Year-Old Girl In England
Two teenage Afghan asylum seekers, who had both arrived in Britain alone in the last year, were given long detention sentences on Monday for raping a 15-year-old girl in central England.
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30 Injured As Car Rams Into Them In Germany, Afghan Asylum Seeker Arrested
Police arrested an Afghan asylum seeker at the scene of what German leaders labelled a car ramming "attack" Thursday that wounded 30 people in Munich, Germany.
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Munich Car Ramming Suspect Is 24-Year-Old Afghan Asylum Seeker: Police
A man suspected of crashing a car into a crowd in the German city of Munich on Thursday has been identified as a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, a police spokesman said.
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Over 9,000 Afghans File Asylum Applications In EU In A Month: Report
The European Census Bureau has reported that over the past month, more than 9,000 Afghan citizens have applied for asylum applications in the EU member states, a record-high number of asylum applications by any single country.
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Taliban Would Take Back Afghan Deportees To Face Courts, Says Spokesman: Report
The Taliban government in Afghanistan would accept any Afghan migrants whose applications for asylum were rejected in Europe and they would then face court, an Austrian newspaper quoted a Taliban spokesman as saying on Monday.
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UNHCR Issues Non-Return Advisory For Afghanistan
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has released a non-return advisory for Afghanistan, calling for a bar on forced returns of Afghan nationals, including asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected.
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Thousands Of Afghan Rights Workers At Risk: UN
The top United Nations human rights official expressed fear on Tuesday for the safety of thousands of Afghans who have worked on human rights issues, while the U.N. refugee agency called for a halt to forced deportation of Afghan asylum seekers.
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"Afghan" Jailed For Stabbing 15-Year-Old Girlfriend In Germany
A German court Monday jailed a failed asylum seeker who claims to be from Afghanistan for stabbing his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend to death, in a case the far-right has seized upon in its campaign against migrants
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Afghan Charged Over Smuggling Asylum-Seekers To Australia
An Afghan man who reportedly made millions of dollars smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia by boat has been extradited from Indonesia and charged with 10 offences, Australian police said on Friday.
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British Sikhs Admit Passport Scam In UK Court
Three British Sikhs have admitted to a scam under which they misused the passports of their family members to help Afghan asylum seekers enter the UK in 2014 wearing the traditional turbans to hide identity.
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2 Afghan Teens Jailed For Raping 15-Year-Old Girl In England
Two teenage Afghan asylum seekers, who had both arrived in Britain alone in the last year, were given long detention sentences on Monday for raping a 15-year-old girl in central England.
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30 Injured As Car Rams Into Them In Germany, Afghan Asylum Seeker Arrested
Police arrested an Afghan asylum seeker at the scene of what German leaders labelled a car ramming "attack" Thursday that wounded 30 people in Munich, Germany.
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Munich Car Ramming Suspect Is 24-Year-Old Afghan Asylum Seeker: Police
A man suspected of crashing a car into a crowd in the German city of Munich on Thursday has been identified as a 24-year-old Afghan asylum seeker, a police spokesman said.
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Over 9,000 Afghans File Asylum Applications In EU In A Month: Report
The European Census Bureau has reported that over the past month, more than 9,000 Afghan citizens have applied for asylum applications in the EU member states, a record-high number of asylum applications by any single country.
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Taliban Would Take Back Afghan Deportees To Face Courts, Says Spokesman: Report
The Taliban government in Afghanistan would accept any Afghan migrants whose applications for asylum were rejected in Europe and they would then face court, an Austrian newspaper quoted a Taliban spokesman as saying on Monday.
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UNHCR Issues Non-Return Advisory For Afghanistan
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has released a non-return advisory for Afghanistan, calling for a bar on forced returns of Afghan nationals, including asylum seekers who have had their claims rejected.
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Thousands Of Afghan Rights Workers At Risk: UN
The top United Nations human rights official expressed fear on Tuesday for the safety of thousands of Afghans who have worked on human rights issues, while the U.N. refugee agency called for a halt to forced deportation of Afghan asylum seekers.
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"Afghan" Jailed For Stabbing 15-Year-Old Girlfriend In Germany
A German court Monday jailed a failed asylum seeker who claims to be from Afghanistan for stabbing his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend to death, in a case the far-right has seized upon in its campaign against migrants
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Afghan Charged Over Smuggling Asylum-Seekers To Australia
An Afghan man who reportedly made millions of dollars smuggling asylum-seekers to Australia by boat has been extradited from Indonesia and charged with 10 offences, Australian police said on Friday.
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British Sikhs Admit Passport Scam In UK Court
Three British Sikhs have admitted to a scam under which they misused the passports of their family members to help Afghan asylum seekers enter the UK in 2014 wearing the traditional turbans to hide identity.
