A defense team for Julian Assange said Thursday they will seek asylum in France for the WikiLeaks founder, who is facing extradition to the United States and 175 years in prison for espionage charges.

A red traffic light shines in front of the word "Asylum" on a signpost to the initial reception facilities (EAE) of the state of Brandenburg in Eisenhuettenstadt. The number of new asylum applications ...

Syrians wait to cross into Syria from Turkey at the Cilvegozu Border Gate in the Reyhanli district - KAZIM KIZIL/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Europe closed the door to new ...

Detainees being held under controversial scheme say Home Office has caused them ‘severe psychological harm’ ...

France will open offices in Niger and Chad in the coming weeks to identify people who could be granted asylum, President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday. The offices would also "warn people in Niger ...

Migrants deported to France under Labour's 'one-in, one-out' scheme have escaped their asylum centre and vowed to return to Britain via a small boat. A number of deportees are understood to have ...

France's parliament Wednesday signed into law a controversial asylum and immigration bill -- despite opposition on the left which decried an effort to limit arrivals while the far right saw the ...