Indian police have detained 1,024 Bangladeshi migrants in a sweeping crackdown in the western state of Gujarat aimed at deporting people living there illegally, the state government said Saturday...
As thousands of migrant workers continue to return home, stakeholders at a high-level dialogue in Dhaka on Thursday called for a dignified and sustainable reintegration system that recognises the experiences, skills and contributions of returnees.
A federal judge on Monday blocked US president Donald Trump鈥檚 administration from quickly revoking the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua and Haiti...
Some 3,500 migrant children have died or gone missing in the past decade trying to cross the Mediterranean for Italy, UNICEF estimated on Tuesday, comparable to one child per day...
Another 167 undocumented Bangladeshi migrants have been repatriated from Libya with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Embassy of Bangladesh in Tripoli, and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).
A total of 10 Bangladeshi migrants returned home on Friday after the authorities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia freed 12 Bangladeshis who had been detained for organising special prayers for the victims of the student-led mass uprising that led to...
Nine migrants died and another 25 were rescued on Thursday after their boat started sinking off the western coast of Turkey, officials said...
Seven people, including two children, died and 23 others were rescued on Thursday when an inflatable boat carrying migrants capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos, the coast guard said...
Donald Trump鈥檚 hardline immigrant policy faced fresh scrutiny Tuesday after officials admitted that an 鈥榓dministrative error鈥� in the hurried deportation process had sent a man to a notorious El Salvador prison...
The United States said Friday it was terminating the legal status of hundreds of thousands of immigrants, giving them weeks to leave the country.
Six people died and 40 are missing after a migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as Italian authorities searched for survivors off the island of Lampedusa...
Tunisia鈥檚 national guard said on Monday its forces had rescued 612 migrants and recovered the bodies of 18 others in several operations overnight off the country鈥檚 Mediterranean coast.
THE Middle East has long served as a critical employment destination for migrant workers, especially those from South Asia. The region remains indispensable for Bangladesh, whose economy relies heavily on overseas labour markets. About 70 per cent of Bangladesh鈥檚 more than 15 million overseas workers are employed in Middle Eastern countries, contributing over..
The EU is expected Tuesday to open the way for member states to set up migrant return centres outside the bloc 鈥� a highly contentious idea 鈥� following pressure from governments to facilitate deportations.
Civil rights attorneys sued the Trump administration Saturday to prevent it from transferring 10 migrants including a Bangladeshi detained in the US to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba...
The Malaysia chapter of the 鈥楤angladesh Prabashi Odhikar Parishad鈥� on Thursday protested the alleged data breach and corruption linked to ESKL, a passport, visa, immigration service providing company reportedly owned by members of Sheikh family...
FOR decades, Bangladesh鈥檚 economy has been fuelled by remittances sent by millions of its migrant workers. These men and women, mostly employed in low-wage sectors in the Gulf states and Malaysia, work tirelessly in construction, domestic service, and factories, sending home billions of dollars each year. In 2024, Bangladesh received almost $27 billion in...
Nearly 100 migrants deported by the United States to Panama have been moved to a remote facility in the Darien jungle where they will stay until they are moved to another country, Panama鈥檚 security ministry said...
French authorities on Thursday said they had rescued 6,310 migrants trying to cross the English Channel on increasingly overcrowded boats to reach Britain in 2024, a 30 per cent rise on the previous year.
The British government on Wednesday said it was toughening immigration rules to make it almost impossible for undocumented migrants who arrive on small boats to later receive citizenship...
Expatriate workers who were sent back from different countries, including the United Arab Emirates, for supporting the Students鈥� Movement Against Discrimination in the July-August uprising suspended their protest with a 10-day ultimatum on Monday...
The bodies of two men found on a beach in northern France were possibly migrants trying to reach Britain, French authorities said Sunday, as they rescued 230 people from the frigid Channel waters...
OVER 10 million Bangladeshi migrant workers send home an estimated $22 billion in remittances annually, making it the country鈥檚 second-largest source of foreign exchange after garment exports. More than 60 per cent of this originates from the Middle East, with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait leading the way. At the same time...
The Trump administration has begun using military aircraft to underscore its determination to deport undocumented migrants.
A US Air Force plane carrying more than a hundred Indian migrants expelled by the United States landed in India on Wednesday, local media reported...
The first US flights carrying detained migrants to America鈥檚 notorious Guantanamo military base in Cuba were underway Tuesday as president Donald Trump鈥檚 administration cracks down on illegal migration, the White House said...
Dozens of migrants left Albania in Italian custody on Saturday, after a ruling by judges in Rome struck a fresh blow to prime minister Giorgia Meloni鈥檚 embattled third-country migration centres...
MIGRATION has long been considered a one-way movement, with migrants leaving their country of origin and making the host nation their final abode. However, this notion of migration as a permanent transition has evolved. According to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development estimates, roughly 40 per cent of migrants are likely to...
US president Donald Trump unveiled a surprise plan on Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay 鈥� distracting from spiralling confusion after the White House withdrew a shock order to freeze federal funds...
US President Donald Trump unveiled a surprise plan Wednesday to detain thousands of undocumented migrants in Guantanamo Bay -- distracting from spiralling confusion after the White House withdrew a shock order to freeze federal funds.
