A former soldier facing jail for trying to smuggle a child refugee out of the Calais Jungle refugee camp has thanked supporters, after a petition calling for him to be spared prison attracted 15,000 signatures in less than 24 hours. Click here to read more (external link).
1TV: Austria’s cabinet, facing record numbers of asylum requests this year, proposed a tough new bill on Tuesday to deter Afghans that the United Nations refugee agency criticized as likely to increase the migrants’ suffering. Click here to read more (external link).
Ayaz Gul / VOA News / November 02, 2015 11:14 AM ISLAMABAD—Pakistan authorities say they have a plan to begin a phased repatriation of 1.5 million Afghan refugees within the next two years, ruling out the extension of the December 31 deadline for their legal stay in the country. Since 2002, the U.N. refugee agency has