1.   Any rejected asylum seekers would have no right of appeal through Australian courts and Australia would not be under any obligation to take in any people granted refugee status.

2.   Before he became bishop, Vogel, who has a reputation of openness, was known for his support of rejected asylum seekers from former Yugoslavia.

3.   Following the hunger strikes, it was revealed that Dutch authorities kept no tabs on rejected asylum seekers once they had been sent home.

4.   Immigration authorities began using special flights last year to speed up the expulsion of rejected asylum seekers.

5.   Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock on Tuesday denied trying to pressure Australian judges to stay out of appeals cases involving rejected asylum applications.

6.   Most have been rejected asylum in recent years.

7.   The Federal Constitutional Court told the government to ensure that countries to which Germany sends back rejected asylum seekers do not deport them in turn.

8.   The Dutch government announced Thursday it will stop repatriating rejected Iranian asylum seekers until a commission has investigated whether they face persecution in Iran.

9.   The ruling coalition cabinet has come under intense criticism in recent weeks for continuing to return rejected asylum seekers to Kosovo.

10.   Vietnam has been taking up to six months to clear rejected asylum applicants for repatriation, Lai said.