It's also likely he was vetted before being granted asylum this year. According to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, there have been 8,000 such individuals since Trump took office. Noem and Patel have both suggested in recent congressional testimony that the administration had carefully scrutinized all of them.

Rahmanullah Lakanwal might’ve entered the US during Biden’s presidency, but he was granted asylum in Trump’s term.

After more than 20 years in the U.S., an Eritrean mother and nurse tried to self-deport to Canada. She found herself in a Texas detention center instead.

A federal lawsuit challenges Mohammad Ali Dadfar’s warrantless arrest and detention at the Greene County Jail.

The Supreme Court has agreed to review a policy used under past administrations to deny migrants a chance to apply for asylum on the Mexican border until space opened up to process claims.

Small boats figures from the Home Office are updated daily. Asylum, returns and visa figures from the Home Office are updated every three months. The number of people appealing against a refused asylum decision is updated every three months by the Ministry of Justice at a different time to other government figures on asylum.

Britain announced a drastic asylum policy overhaul inspired by Denmark's tough immigration stance, marking the largest refugee system changes in modern times.