Libya repatriates 369 Nigeria and Mali migrants
Libya repatriated Tuesday 369 irregular migrants to their home countries Nigeria and Mali, including more than one hundred women and children, an official...
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Migrants refuse rescue as one dies on cross-Channel bid
A migrant on an overcrowded boat died on Sunday trying to cross the Channel from France to Britain but authorities said dozens on the crammed vessel refused to be...
Afghan, Nepali migrants hurt in Serbia as van overturns
Thirty Afghan and Nepali migrants were injured when a van transporting them overturned in southeastern Serbia, the RTS state-run television reported on...
UK deports illegal migrants to Vietnam, East Timor
Britain鈥檚 new Labour government on Thursday said it had deported 46 people to Vietnam and East Timor, after ditching the previous Conservative administration鈥檚 plan to...
Flight disruption pushes migrant workers to uncertainty about job
Several hundred passengers, mostly migrant workers, could not fly to their destinations due to flight disruption at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Friday and Saturday...
Probe body for action against recruiting agents
A expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment ministry-formed probe committee has recommended legal action against about 100 recruiting agents for their alleged negligence and failure to send over 17,000 Malaysia-aspirant migrants, who paid the agents huge money for the purpose...
Emergency warning in Mediterranean over migrants
German charity Sea-Eye on Tuesday said it had come to the rescue of migrant boats five times in 24 hours, which showed 鈥榯he state of emergency鈥� in the...
Plan to send migrants from UK to Rwanda 'dead and buried': Starmer
Newly elected UK prime minister Keir Starmer on Saturday began his first full day in charge declaring the ousted Tories' plan to deport migrants to Rwanda 鈥榙ead and buried鈥� and pledging growth as his government's 鈥榥umber one mission鈥�.
Death of migrant workers must be investigated
THE plights of exploited migrant workers have fallen on deaf ears of successive governments as the number of death in destination countries continues to increase. The Wage Earners and Welfare Board says that at least 4,261 Bangladeshis died abroad in July 2023鈥揓une 2024. Official statistics also report a staggering 41,053 death in 2002鈥�2021...
4,261 migrant workers return dead in a year
An increasing number of Bangladeshi migrants have been embracing unexpected death in destination countries as at least 4,261 bodies of migrant workers have...
11,450 Bangladeshis languish in foreign jails
Foreign minister Hasan Mahmud told Jatiya Sangsad on Monday that a total of 11,450 Bangladeshis, including migrant workers, were languishing in jails in 31 countries....
150 migrants rescued in English Channel
French authorities said on Thursday that more than 150 migrants trying to reach Britain had been rescued from overloaded boats in the Strait of Dover and...
Starmer faces backlash over comments singling out Bangladeshi migrants
UK Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is facing a backlash from his own party after he singled out Bangladesh as a country where illegal migrants are not being deported quickly enough, reports ITVX...
Indians march to end 鈥榮lavery鈥� after worker death shakes Italy
Thousands of Indian farm labourers urged an end to 鈥榮lavery鈥� in Italy on Tuesday after the gruesome death of a worker shone a light on the brutal exploitation of undocumented migrants...
Record number of migrants cross Channel to UK in single day this year
More than 880 irregular migrants crossed the Channel to Britain on small boats on Tuesday, the UK government said, the highest number in a single day...
Boats carrying migrants from Bangladesh, other countries sink off coast of Italy
One of the two boats that sank off the coast of southern Italy in which at least 11 people died and over 60 went missing was carrying migrants from countries including Bangladesh, according to BBC....
Indian relatives grieve as bodies of 45 Kuwait fire victims return
Grieving families kept a solemn vigil in the terminal of an Indian airport on Friday as the bodies of dozens of migrant workers killed in a Kuwait building fire returned home...
49 migrants dead after boat sinks off Yemen
A boat carrying more than 200 migrants sank off Yemen, leaving at least 49 dead, mostly women and children, in the latest disaster on the perilous migration route from Africa, a UN agency said on Tuesday...
11 bodies retrieved from Mediterranean off Libya
The bodies of 11 people, believed to be migrants, were retrieved off the Libyan coast on Friday, the Doctors Without Borders said on X.
Exploited worker recruitment costs must be refunded
THOUSANDS of migrant workers aspiring to work in Malaysia now face an uncertain future largely because of the irregularities and corruption in the recruitment process. As Malaysia decided to stop hiring migrant workers from Bangladesh in April, 50,004 aspirants failed to migrate to Malaysia after...
Organised crime abusing work visa scheme to smuggle in migrants: Italy PM
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Tuesday announced plans to reform Italy's visa system for non-EU workers, saying it was being exploited by organised crime groups to smuggle in illegal migrants.
Cheated workers uncertain over money refund
Aspiring migrant workers who have failed to go to Malaysia even after depositing larger amounts of money are now grappling with uncertainty over refund of the money from the agencies...
Anti-migrant thrust in Europe could have global knock-on effect: UN
If Europe takes a more anti-migrant stance following upcoming elections it could impact the willingness of countries globally to host refugees and create chaos, a UN official warned on Tuesday...
Dr Kamal calls for action to address migrants鈥� sufferings聽
Senior lawyer Dr Kamal Hossain urged the government to take immediate action at the highest level to address the sufferings of Malaysia-bound workers, as reported by 抖阴精品 on June 1...
Hundreds of migrants from Bangladesh stuck at Dhaka, KL airports
Thousands of Bangladeshis were stuck at Dhaka and Kuala Lumpur airports on Friday amid a last-minute rush before Malaysia shut its doors to migrant workers on...
Migrants arriving in UK by sea top 10,000 this year
More than 10,000 irregular migrants have crossed the Channel to Britain on small boats this year, government data released on Saturday showed 鈥� unwelcome news for prime minister Rishi Sunak as he seeks re-election...
Bangladesh 6th top migrant sender: IOM
The International Organisation for Migration, United Nations agency for migration, in a report revealed on Tuesday mentioned that Bangladesh remains as the...
Muslim people find no place to pray in Italian city
It's Friday prayers in the north-eastern Italian city of Monfalcone, and hundreds of men are on their knees in a concrete parking lot, their heads bowed to the ground.聽
Protesters try to stop UK migrant removals from accommodation
Protesters in London tried Thursday to prevent the removal of migrants from their temporary accommodation, as the UK government began detaining people before...