Asylum seeking is a risky business, as shown by the tragedy that unfolded in Australian waters last week. The risks of not seeking asylum can be even more severe, and people experiencing persecution may have little choice but to avail themselves of extreme measures in attempts to seek safe haven.
The Home Office was forced to issue fresh criteria after the High Court declared that preventing Gurkhas who had served in the British Army before 1997 from living in this country was unlawful.
They were ready to lay down their lives for Britain - and have been rewarded with an act of treachery. Thousands of Gurkhas were yesterday shut out of the UK in what was described as 'shameful betrayal' by the Government.
Here is a timeline of their campaigns: October 2004: The government announces that current serving Gurkha soldiers will have the right to stay in the UK after four years service in the Army.
Manuel Rosales, mayor of Maracaibo in Venezuela's Zulia state, is seeking asylum in Peru. Manuel Rosales, a leading political opponent who lost the 2006 presidential race to Hugo Chavez.
SYDNEY, April 17 (Reuters) - Australia came under pressure on Friday to toughen its asylum policy after three asylum seekers were killed and more than 30 seriously injured in an explosion on an Indonesian boat heading for the Australian coast.
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