Asylum seeker

Govt. asked to grant 1-year asylum to all asylum seekers

BELGRADE -- The Center for Protection and Assistance to Asylum Seekers has asked the Serbian government to grant 1-year asylum to all seekers currently in the country.

BELGRADE - The Centre for Protection and Assistance to Asylum Seekers appealed to the Serbian government on Monday to grant a 1 year asylum to all seekers currently in the country.

The European Union’s top court has ruled that tests to prove claims of homosexuality by asylum seekers were unlawful.

Authorities must refuse all offers by applicants to “demonstrate their homosexuality” either through sexual acts or videos, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) said.

Refugees living in Bulgaria are segregated like the local Roma population and do not wish to learn Bulgarian, the Bulgarian Refugee Agency (DAB)'s Chairman Nikolay Chirpanliev has said.