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New Delhi: Trouble is mounting for ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina with both the United Kingdom and the US refusing to accommodate her, even temporarily...
Media reports, which have not been yet confirmed by ThePrint, say the US, which has called for fixing accountability for torture and killings of protesters in Bangladesh, has cancelled Hasinas visa...
Sources in the security establishment said she was not planning to go to the US but to the UK, which is also stonewalling her case.. They said she has a valid visa but indications are that the UK, which has called for a UN-led probe into the violence in Bangladesh, is not willing to give her asylum or temporary refuge...
However, there is no provision within their immigration rules for someone to be allowed to travel to the UK to seek asylum or temporary refuge, sources said.. They added that those who needed international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reached that is the fastest route to safety..
Within minutes of realising the students protests against a controversial anti-quota rule had gone out of hand, the Awami League chief reached out to New Delhi Monday seeking safe passage into Indian airspace, a request that was immediately accepted...
