Tags: Asylum

Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court ruled that Australia's detention of asylum seekers on the nation's Manus Island is unconstitutional. Australia has a policy of refusing entry to asylum seekers and it pays Papua New Guinea and Nauru to host these refugees in detention camps.

Swiss officials are reviewing information and legal framework to determine the immigration status of a Syrian family, after the family’s two boys stated that they have been refusing to shake their female teachers’ hands because it’s against their faith. The case has sparked a widespread debate as the officials are still in process to make a decision.

A Salvadoran woman who is now in jail in the state of Missouri request the halting of her deportation to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.