Minister of Labour Zeta Emilianidou has issued a decree simplifying the paperwork and procedures required for employers to hire asylum seekers on a temporary basis.The decree in question appeared in the government gazette on October 4.Emilianidou said on Tuesday the aim is to incentivise the hiring of asylum seekers to alleviate worker shortages observed in certain sectors of the economy.

Europe

Asylum seekers

Cyprus

Cyprus Mail

Procedures to employ asylum seekers to be simplified

Rescue crews are currently involved in a major search operation as fears grow three asylum seekers have died off the coast.

Kent Online

Fears of worst ever asylum seeker tragedy in English waters

On Monday, United Nations (UN) human rights experts on xenophobia said the immediate deportation of Haitian migrants and asylum seekers from the United States is part of a "racialized exclusion" policy. 
RELATED: Haitian Hospitals About to Shut Down Due to Lack of Power“With the collective expulsion of Haitians, the U.S.

Americas

South America

Latin America

Immigration

Telesur 

UN Experts Reject US Expulsion of Haitian Migrants

Lawyers representing an Afghan asylum seeker who caught COVID-19 say his detention in Carlton’s Park Hotel is putting him in danger.

Refugees

Carlton, Victoria

Carlton

The Age 

COVID-19 outbreak renders hotel unsafe for refugees, court told

Iraqi asylum seeker Mustafa Salah has been in detention for eight years, and he's worried that he'll be the next to catch COVID-19 inside Melbourne's Park Hotel.

Oceania

Coronavirus

Australia

SBS News

'Release us': Asylum seekers fearful as COVID-19 spreads in Melbourne hotel outbreak

Iranian asylum seeker says he's thankful to Turkish authorities for saving his life, but worries he's still not safe.

International

Turkey

Al Jazeera

Spy vs spy in Turkey over hunt for Iranian conscientious objector

Age readers discuss the COVID outbreak among asylum seekers at Melbourne’s Park Hotel.

Melbourne

This is appalling and completely avoidable

The Australian Border Force has confirmed a cluster of COVID-19 cases among asylum seekers detained at Melbourne's Park Hotel has grown to 20, with refugee advocates pushing for the men to be moved into a better facility.

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