Three killed in attempts to cross Channel
Three people are believed to have been crushed to death and three others were missing in two separate incidents as migrants attempted to cross the English Channel, French officials said on Wednesday...
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Australia to pay $1.6b for Nauru migrant resettlement
Australia will pay US$1.6 billion to the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru over the next three decades to send hundreds of immigrants to the barren island under a secretive new deal, officials said.
Seven killed after migrant boat stranded in Med
Seven people were lost at sea and 41 others were brought to Italy鈥檚 Lampedusa island after a migrant boat got into difficulty in the Mediterranean, German NGO Sea-Watch said Wednesday...
377 Bangladeshis among 770 undocumented migrants held in Malaysia
At least 377 Bangladeshi nationals, among 770 undocumented migrants, were detained during a special operation by Malaysia鈥檚 Immigration Department in the Bukit Bintang area of Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday evening, reports Bernama, the Malaysian national news agency...
Two migrants trying to reach Greek island drown
Two would-be migrants, an adult man and a girl, were found dead on Saturday morning on a beach of the southeastern Aegean island of Rhodes, Greek Coastguard told AFP.
Migrant boat capsizes off Mauritania, killing 69
A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, killing 69 people, officials said Friday.
Why are countries accepting deportees from the US
Several poor countries, mostly in Africa, have agreed to take deportees from the United States as part of president Donald Trump鈥檚 crackdown on undocumented migrants. What motivates them?
Uganda reaches agreement with US to take migrants
Uganda has agreed to receive migrants who do not qualify to remain in the United States, a foreign ministry official said Thursday, in Washington鈥檚 latest attempt to speed up deportations.
78 killed in Afghanistan bus accident
The death toll from a collision between a bus carrying Afghan migrants returning from Iran and two other vehicles in western Afghanistan has risen to 78, provincial officials said on Wednesday...
20 killed in shipwreck off Italy鈥檚 Lampedusa
At least 20 migrants died after a boat overturned in the Mediterranean on Wednesday, with many more still missing, the UN鈥檚 refugee agency said...
50,000 migrants cross English Channel since Starmer joins office
More than 50,000 people have made the perilous Channel crossing to the UK in small boats since Keir Starmer became prime minister last July, official figures showed on Tuesday.
Migrants saved from refrigerated lorry in France
French medics had to treat Eritrean migrants hidden in a UK-bound refrigerated lorry for hypothermia Saturday, after the driver heard their cries for help, officials said.
UK says first migrants held under return deal with France
The UK said Thursday it had detained the first migrants under a new 鈥榦ne-in, one-out鈥� deal with France in which it can return people crossing the Channel on small boats.
Cambodian workers flock home from Thailand
Hundreds of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers have returned from Thailand following deadly border clashes between the two neighbours, a labour ministry official said on Wednesday...
76 killed, dozens missing as migrant boat sinks off Yemen
At least 76 people were killed and dozens are missing after a boat carrying mostly Ethiopian migrants sank off Yemen, in the latest tragedy on the perilous sea route, officials said Monday...
Govt urged to bring back July protesters from UAE jail
Bangladeshi migrants who were arrested and jailed in the UAE in July 2024 and returned home receiving special pardon demanded that the government bring back the rest 26 migrants who are still in jail...
Libya detains 1,500 undocumented migrants
Libyan authorities detained on Saturday some 1,500 undocumented migrant workers in a raid on a neighbourhood housing them east of the capital Tripoli, an AFP reporter saw...
19 Bangladeshis repatriated from Tunisia
Nineteen irregular Bangladeshi migrants were repatriated from Tunisia on Thursday with the support of Bangladesh government and the International Organization for Migration...
India expels 1,500 Muslims to Bangladesh recently: HRW
Indian authorities have expelled more than 1,500 Bengali Muslims to Bangladesh in recent weeks without due process, claiming that they are 鈥榠llegal immigrants鈥�, the Human Rights Watch said on Thursday.
UK launches first sanctions to deter migrant crossings
The UK imposed sanctions Wednesday on more than two dozen people, groups and suppliers from the Balkans, the Middle East and China accused of helping migrants cross the Channel...
Venezuela says migrants were tortured in Salvadoran prison
Venezuela announced a probe Monday into torture claims by 252 migrants the United States had sent to a notorious Salvadoran prison where they said they were beaten, sexually abused and fed rotten food...
New clashes outside London hotel housing migrants
Anti-migrant protests degenerated again late Sunday outside a London hotel housing asylum seekers, as rioters threw bottles and smoke bombs at the police...
Many Bangladesh nationals living in Greece at risk
Undocumented migrants from Bangladesh and other countries in Greece are now at risk of deportation as the government of the European country has tightened its migration related law suspending the registration of...
US deports 5 migrants from Asian, Caribbean nations to Eswatini
The United States deported five migrants from Asian and Caribbean countries to the small African kingdom of Eswatini, officials said Tuesday.
Several hurt in anti-migrant unrest in Spanish town
Several people were hurt in a second night of anti-migrant unrest in the Spanish town of Torre Pacheco after a pensioner was beaten up, authorities said on Sunday...
ATAB seeks govt help to curb air ticket prices
The Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh has called for urgent government intervention to stop 鈥榮yndicate鈥� control in the air ticket market, which has led to abnormal fare hikes and created hardship for migrant workers and general passengers...
4 dead as migrant boat capsizes off Dominican
Four migrants died and about 20 were missing after their boat capsized off the coast of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean, authorities said Friday...
Hopes for migrant deal as Macron wraps up UK state visit
London and Paris were working Thursday to thrash out a deal on undocumented migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats on the last day of the French president鈥檚 state visit to Britain...
South Sudan says US deportees under govt care
War-torn South Sudan has said it is looking after a group of eight criminal migrants controversially deported from the United States...
Judge blocks Trump from ending Haitians鈥� protected status
A federal judge in New York has ordered a halt to the Trump administration鈥檚 bid to revoke temporary legal protections for Haitian migrants...