This week’s story about a British man who was arrested in the UAE after wearing a Qatari football shirt might give some people ideas, writes Tommy Martin.

A Singaporean teenager whose video posts and blogs mocking his government and its late founder landed him in jail twice has been detained in the US where he is seeking asylum.

A Pacific islander whose homeland is threatened by rising seas failed in an attempt to become the world’s first climate change refugee, with a New Zealand judge dismissing his case as “novel” but “unconvincing”.

HUMAN rights organisations, including Amnesty International, are warning EU Justice Ministers against agreeing new rules on asylum seekers that will breach of international law.