Andrey Medvedev's lawyer told Reuters that his asylum request was rejected because the Norwegian government did not consider him to have been an official member of the Russian armed forces.
The European Union has finally reached a compromise on asylum policy, with the main goal that of cutting the number of refugees who make it to the Continent. Can it work? And what has become of the right to asylum?
The state of Illinois will also get $19.3 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to support housing and basic services for thousands of Central and South American migrants.