1.   If an illegal immigrant has a spouse or parent who is a legal resident, they can also apply to stay.

2.   Elizabeth and Veronica Sweeney applied to stay in Canada on humanitarian grounds, but their request was denied.

3.   Germany has also seen a big increase in the number of ethnic Albanians applying to stay.

4.   On Saturday, they marched to immigration headquarters to apply to stay here.

5.   Some Albanian community leaders in Australia have called for the government to allow the refugees to apply to stay here permanently before they are sent back.

6.   Under European Union rules, refugees must apply to stay in the first EU country they reach.

7.   Currently, people in Hong Kong can apply to stay in Taiwan as as overseas Chinese.

8.   Refugee groups have criticised the new laws saying they will make it harder for genuine asylum seekers to apply to stay in Ireland.