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UK to enforce new immigration rules from July 22
The Sun Nigeria
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July 3, 2025
The United Kingdom’s new immigration rules, including changes to salary and skills thresholds for Skilled Worker visas, will be implemented from 22 July 2025. This was among the updated information released yesterday by the Home Office. The major...
Immigration Solutions Lawyers' Anne O'Donoghue: 'Justice delayed is justice denied'
Australasian Lawyer
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July 2, 2025
Kylie Speer 00:00:00 Kyle, hello and welcome to Australasian Lawyer TV. I'm Kylie Speer, and joining me today is Anne O'Donoghue, Director and Senior Counsel of all tribunal matters at Immigration Solutions Lawyers. Immigration Solutions Lawyers...
Afghan asylum seeker with grey hair was 15-years-old when he arrived in the UK, tribunal rules
GB News
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July 2, 2025
An Afghan asylum seeker with grey hair has been ruled a child by a judge at the time of his small boat crossing. The asylum court deemed the migrant, who had previously failed to cross the Channel three times, was 15 despite going grey on the side...
Putin’s World Shrinks: Ukraine Turns Into Russia’s Afghanistan, Allies Exit
Zee News
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New Delhi: Moscow has grown quieter. Not because the war has stopped. But because the noise of friendship is fading. One by one, old allies are slipping away from Russia’s side. The war in Ukraine, now dragging into its third year, is doing more...
Pakistani academic Dr Sanaa wins American prize for book on Afghan refugees
Dunya News
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Entertainment Entertainment Pakistani academic Dr Sanaa wins American prize for book on Afghan refugees Close This book explores the life of Afghan refugees in Pakistan Published On: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 02:48:27 PKT ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) - Pakistani...
Prevalence of Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) Among Female Biomedical Students in Kabul, Afghanistan: A Cross-Sectional Study
Dove Medical Press
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July 2, 2025
Introduction Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) is a set of physical, psychological, and behavioral symptoms that occur during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle and usually subside after menstruation begins. This syndrome can negatively impact...
Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ bill will slash health care for legal immigrants to pay for tax cuts
Arizona Mirror
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July 2, 2025
Provisions in the new tax and spending bill passed by the U.S. Senate early Tuesday would go even further than the House bill in removing health care and other benefits from immigrants with legal status. The House version of the massive tax and...
Judge Rules That Trump Administration EO on Asylum Claims Would Violate Immigration and Nationality Act
Red State
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July 2, 2025
The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. In a decision released on Wednesday, a federal judge ordered a halt to the implementation of one of President Trump's first acts in...
Bilawal urges Afghan govt to fulfil commitments under Doha Agreement
Business Recorder
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July 2, 2025
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari urged Afghan interim government to fulfill its commitments under the Doha Agreement to establish peace and stability in the region. Bilawal also urged the Indian government...
'Chilling effect': UK parliament votes overwhelmingly to ban Palestine Action activist group
The Journal
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July 2, 2025
A VAST MAJORITY of MPs in the UK parliament have backed the Labour government’s move to ban direct action group Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation, despite warnings it will have a “chilling effect” on protest. Legislation passed in the...
Home Office warns end of Afghan scheme risks more small boats
The Times
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A government decision to close without warning two schemes for Afghans to apply for sanctuary could increase the number of illegal migrants heading to Britain on small boats, according to a Home Office policy paper. The potential decision by...
Iran Expels Afghan Refugees In Spy Crackdown After Israeli Attacks
StratNews Global
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July 2, 2025
Enayatullah Asghari, an Afghan refugee in Iran, watched with dismay as last month’s Israeli strikes fueled hostility in the Gulf nation where he had sought refuge, leaving him jobless and accused of spying. Asghari, 35, is among tens of thousands...
Islamabad revives tribal jirgas to resolve disputes (and relations with Kabul)
Asia News
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July 2, 2025
The Pakistani government has decided to strengthen alternative justice mechanisms in the tribal province on the border with Afghanistan, promoting the traditional jirga system and integrating it into the national legal framework. In the past,...
Taliban arrest Afghan media workers over promotion of feminism
Rukhshana Media
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July 2, 2025
The Taliban say they have arrested two employees of an Afghan cultural organisation that makes short films about life in the country on charges of promoting atheism, Christianity and feminism. The arrests were announced on X by the Taliban’s...
Empowering Afghan women and youth now can help challenge oppressive regimes in the future
Atlantic Council
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July 2, 2025
Afghanistan, home to over forty million people, today stands under the rule of an ideological movement that has transitioned from an insurgency to a de facto government. The Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 did not result from popular...
Trump cuts keep Afghan man from reuniting with family in San Diego
KPBS - California
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July 2, 2025
Sayed Sadat came to San Diego from Afghanistan on a special immigrant visa almost three years ago. It’s a unique visa that the federal government offered to Afghan and Iraqi nationals who worked for the U.S. government during the wars in the...
‘Obsessed with revenge’: The Afghan women trapped with abusers they tried to stop
Rukhshana Media
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July 2, 2025
By Tamana Taban Six years ago, Saeeda* defied the norms of her traditional Afghan community and ran away from home to marry a man she believed would bring her happiness. Instead, he brought only suffering. First came the yelled curses, then within...
Brazen migrants back on delivery bikes just 24 hours after immigration cops raid their asylum hotel
The Sun
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July 1, 2025
MIGRANTS jumped back on food delivery bikes yesterday — 24 hours after immigration officers raided their hotel. One appeared to pedal off on rounds with a Deliveroo bag strapped to an electric bike. 5 One migrant appeared to pedal off on rounds...
Surge in Afghan migrant deportations sparks warnings of humanitarian crisis
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 2, 2025
Kabul [Afghanistan], July 2 (ANI): From the beginning of 2025 until the end of June, more than 714,000 Afghan migrants have returned from Iran, with 70% forcibly deported, raising serious concerns among the United Nations and human rights groups,...
Surge in Afghans driven from Iran in spy hunt after Israel attacks
WKZO - Michigan
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July 2, 2025
KABUL (Reuters) -Afghan citizen Enayatullah Asghari watched dismayed after Israel and Iran launched strikes on each other last month, as the Gulf nation where he had sought refuge turned more hostile, work on Tehran building sites dried up and he...