Mega detention centre for US migrants sees violence, escapes
Less than a month after it began receiving migrants, a controversial detention centre run by a private firm has been the scene of protests, violence, and escapes, sources said Friday.
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1,100 migrants crossed Channel on Saturday
Some 1,194 migrants arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel in small boats on Saturday, a record for this year according to AFP counting from government data.
Greece to toughen migration laws
Greece plans to eliminate a provision allowing irregular migrants to apply for residency after seven years in the country, the migration minister announced Thursday, saying the rule had been abused.
500 migrants rescued off Greek island in recent days
Greek authorities have rescued more than 500 migrants off the southern island of Crete in recent days, the coastguard said in a statement Sunday.
Proposed US remittance tax may hit inflows: experts
US president Donald Trump鈥檚 proposal to impose a 5 per cent tax on remittances sent by immigrants 鈥� including green card holders and H-1B visa holders 鈥� has raised concerns in Bangladesh, with economists warning of a potential decline in remittance inflows and a rise in informal money transfers...
Trump admin asks SC permission to revoke migrants鈥� status
The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to revoke the legal status of hundreds of thousands of migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Eight migrants die off Tunisia, 29 rescued
Eight migrants from various countries died and 29 others were rescued after their boat capsized off the coast of Sfax in central Tunisia, the Tunisian National Guard said on Monday...
US arrests 100 migrants in nightclub raid
US authorities said on Sunday they arrested more than 100 undocumented migrants at a raid on a nightclub in Colorado, the latest detentions in president Donald Trump鈥檚 immigration crackdown...
HC orders action against recruiters
The High Court on Sunday directed the government to take action by August 27 against recruiters who failed to send 17,000 Malaysia-bound aspirant migrants, despite receiving payments from them months before the Awami League regime鈥檚 ouster amid a student-led mass uprising on August 5, 2024...
Voting rights for migrants
BANGLADESH has emerged as an important source of global migrants, with millions seeking improved opportunities and a more secure socio-economic future abroad. The majority of them migrate as temporary workers to the Middle East and Southeast Asian countries while others move as students, skilled professionals or asylum seekers to developed...
RAISE project helps over 200,000 returnee migrants in Bangladesh
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.
Trump move to revoke 5,00,000 immigrants鈥� legal status halted
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...
Thousands of child migrants killed in decade of Med crossings: UN
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...
SUPPORTING JULY MOVEMENT: 10 migrants jailed in KSA return home
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 found dead off Turkey after boat sinks
Nine migrants died and another 25 were rescued on Thursday after their boat started sinking off the western coast of Turkey, officials said...
Tunisia says 612 migrants rescued, 18 bodies recovered at sea
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.
Attorneys sue Trump admin to keep 10 migrants including Bangladeshi out of Guantanamo Bay
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...
Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia demand ESKL shutdown
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...
Migrants deported by US moved to Panama jungle facility
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...
France rescues 6,000 migrants in Channel in 2024
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.
UK to refuse citizenship to undocumented migrants
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...
Returned migrants issue 10-day ultimatum
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...
Bodies of two suspected migrants found on French beach as 230 rescued at sea
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...
India deportation flight likely cost $1m
The Trump administration has begun using military aircraft to underscore its determination to deport undocumented migrants.
US flies back expelled Indian 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...
US flights carrying detained migrants to Guantanamo 鈥榰nderway鈥�
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 leave Albania after Italian court ruling
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...
Missed chance or growth catalyst
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...
Trump for detaining 30,000 migrants at Guantanamo
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...
Cuba slams brutality as Trump orders detention of illegal migrants at Guantanamo
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.