UK Channel migrant arrivals top 25,000 in 2024
The number of migrants arriving in Britain by crossing the Channel in small boats has topped 25,000 since the start of the year, provisional figures showed on Monday.
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Migrant rescuers demand probe against Italy interior minister
Italian NGO Mediterranea has asked the International Criminal Court to investigate Italy鈥檚 interior minister Matteo Piantedosi for allegedly violating the Geneva Conventions on refugees, the...
154 more Bangladeshis repatriated from Libya
One hundred and fifty-four more undocumented Bangladeshi migrants were repatriated from Libya on Friday.
Remittance from KSA halves in 3 years: BB
Remittance inflow from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has halved in three years despite the country being largest overseas labour market for Bangladeshi workers...
Trade Union Platform for Migrant Workers starts operation
Trade Union Platform for Migrant Workers, a trade union for migrant workers, began its operation in Bangladesh on Wednesday.
8 migrants die in Channel crossing attempt
Eight migrants died early Sunday when their overcrowded vessel capsized while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French authorities said, less than two weeks after...
Sweden says to pay immigrants up to $34,000 to leave
Sweden plans to boost payments to up to $34,000 to immigrants who leave the nation that has been a haven for the war-weary and persecuted, the right-wing government said on Thursday.
Aid group MSF protests migrant ship detention in Italy
The president of medical charity Doctors Without Borders accused Italy鈥檚 hard-right government Wednesday of seeking to criminalise humanitarian aid to drowning migrants, after authorities detained its rescue ship...
10 migrants die trying to cross Channel
At least 10 migrants died off the northern French coast on Tuesday trying to cross the Channel to England, with a major rescue operation underway after the deadliest such disaster this year.
Migrant influx fuels debate in Spain
A steep rise in the number of arrivals of migrants in Spain鈥檚 Canary Islands from Africa has fuelled a fierce debate in the country over how to tackle illegal immigration.
10 migrants dead in Balkan river tragedy
A nine-month-old baby girl and her mother were among 10 migrants who died when their boat capsized crossing a river that divides Serbia and Bosnia, rescuers said as...
UK bolsters fight against migrant crossings
The UK government on Wednesday announced new measures to curb the arrival of migrants on boats from France and to step up the removal of failed asylum seekers...
700 migrants cross Channel to Britain in small boats
Over 700 migrants in small boats crossed the Channel to Britain on Sunday, the highest number on a single day since Prime Minister Keir Starmer took power vowing to tackle people-smugglers...
700 migrants cross Channel to Britain in small boats
Over 700 migrants in small boats crossed the Channel to Britain on Sunday, the highest number on a single day since Prime Minister Keir Starmer took power vowing to tackle people-smugglers....
What is behind England鈥檚 riots
THE series of race and anti-migrant riots that have been sweeping across England鈥檚 vast deindustrialised regions in the North West, North East, Midlands and Yorkshire have been ineffably ugly to behold...
Panama dismantles 鈥榁IP鈥� migrant route
Panamanian border police arrested 15 people Wednesday connected to a criminal organization that helped smuggle Chinese migrants across the Darien jungle via a 鈥榁IP route鈥� with fewer challenges to traverse...
75 migrants rescued off Greece
The Greek coastguard on Tuesday said it had rescued 75 migrants in an area where one of the Mediterranean鈥檚 worst migrant shipwrecks occurred last year.
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...
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...