Migrants from Italy arrive in Albania
Dozens of migrants arrived in Albania early on Tuesday, days after Italy resumed the transfer of asylum seekers to its maritime neighbour in a controversial programme that is under judicial review.
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Italy resumes migrant transfers to Albanian centres
Italy on Sunday resumed the transfer of migrants to its controversial centres in Albania, sending 49 asylum seekers to its maritime neighbour, the interior ministry said.
Aspirant migrants failed to fly to Malaysia stage demo
Aspirant migrants, who missed their flights to Malaysia, staged demonstrations in the SAARC Circle in the Karwan Bazar area in Dhaka on Wednesday demanding the jobs they were promised in the South East Asian country...
49 Rohingya migrants found on Thai island
A group of 49 Rohingya migrants travelling by boat from Bangladesh to Malaysia was found on Tuesday near a beach on Thailand鈥檚 popular island of Phuket, police said...
KSA-bound passengers stage demo over vaccine crisis
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia-bound migrants and those intending to perform Umrah staged demonstration in Dhaka on Tuesday after failing to receive mandatory meningitis vaccination to travel the Middle East country...
57 more Bangladeshis return home from Lebanon
Fifty seven more Bangladeshi nationals evacuated from war-torn Lebanon arrived in Dhaka on Thursday...
Putting migrants back in harness at home
MALAYSIA, Oman, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirate are all temporary homes to a large number of foreign workers and many of them are from Bangladesh. And, many of them are eager to get back home to live with the family and acquaintances and contribute to the local development. Some return to the country but many unfortunately...
Malaysia expels boats ferrying 300 Myanmar migrants
Malaysia said Saturday it expelled two boats ferrying about 300 undocumented migrants from Myanmar from the country鈥檚 waters...
Spain鈥檚 Canary Islands received 46,843 migrants in 2024
A record 46,843 migrants reached Spain鈥檚 Canary Islands illegally in 2024 via the increasingly deadly Atlantic route, the second consecutive year of unprecedented arrival numbers, official data showed on Thursday.
107 migrants rescued in Channel
French authorities said they rescued 107 migrants trying to cross the Channel from France to England on Wednesday.
Over 10,000 migrants lost at sea bound for Spain in 2024: NGO
At least 10,457 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2024, an NGO said Thursday, more than 50 per cent more than last year and the most since it began keeping a tally in 2007.
20 migrants die in shipwreck off Tunisia, five rescued
At least 20 migrants died in a shipwreck off Tunisia鈥檚 eastern city of Sfax, while five others were rescued, the National Guard which oversees the coastguard said Wednesday...
Addressing migrants鈥� rights in labour sector reform demanded
Rights activists at a discussion on Sunday demanded that labour sector reforms should take into account migrant workers鈥� rights to protect the foreign exchange earners from vulnerabilities...
Five dead as migrant boat sinks off Greece
Five migrants died early Saturday when a migrant boat sank off Crete, Greece鈥檚 coastguard said, leaving 40 people reportedly missing while 39 survivors were rescued.
Putting migrants back into rural entrepreneurship
I HAVE had the privilege of working with various academic institutions in countries like Malaysia, Oman, the United Kingdom and the United Arab Emirates. All these countries are temporary homes of a large foreign workforce, many of whom hail from Bangladesh. Driven by my deep habitual curiosity to empathise with their challenging lives, I frequently...
French navy rescues 85 migrants in Channel
A navy tugboat saved 80 passengers from that boat and five more from a second migrant vessel at another location...
Dozens of underage migrants rescued in Mediterranean
Rescue ship Ocean Viking on Tuesday pulled 48 mostly underage migrants from the Mediterranean off the Libyan, the aid group that operates the vessel said on Wednesday...
Migrants set out from Mexico hoping to reach pre-Trump US
Hundreds of migrants left the Mexican city of Tapachula on foot Wednesday, aiming to arrive at the US border before president-elect Donald Trump 鈥� who has vowed...
Pragmatic steps demanded to stop Malaysia syndicate
Migrants鈥� rights activists at a discussion on Wednesday demanded the government to take pragmatic actions against the Malaysia labour market syndicate immediately...
250 migrants found in US-bound truck
Mexican authorities said Sunday that they had found more than 250 migrants crammed into a double trailer truck heading towards the US border.
Immigrants and US economy
DONALD Trump鈥檚 win gives him the chance to shape policies that impact every American. Trump has had a restrictive stance on immigration, focusing on controlling borders and...
Senegal navy intercepts nearly 600 migrants in 10 days
Senegal鈥檚 navy has intercepted nearly 600 irregular migrants in the last 10 days departing from the coast of the West African country, according to posts on its social media account...
Top UAE firms keen to invest in Bangladesh: envoy
The United Arab Emirates was very keen to invest in Bangladesh鈥檚 logistics, ports, aviation and renewable energy sectors and the Gulf nation was ready to support the interim government, said the UAE ambassador on Tuesday...
Italy judges reject first migrant detentions in Albania
Italian judges ruled Friday against the detention of the first migrants sent for processing in Albania, dealing a major blow to a flagship policy of Giorgia Meloni鈥檚 hard-right government.
50 migrants to return daily, says govt
The government has initiated a move to evacuate 1800 Bangladeshis registered to return home from Lebanon voluntarily amid attacks by Israeli forces on the Arab country.聽
First migrants including Bangladeshi arrive in Albania
A ship carrying migrants intercepted in Italian waters docked Wednesday in Albania, nearly a year after Rome and Tirana reached a controversial deal to process asylum seekers trying...
Italy aspirant migrants demand visa appointment soon
Migrants鈥� rights activists on Monday urged the authorities to help make visa appointments immediately as a huge number of visa applicants, aspiring to migrate to Italy, did not get the appointments even after several months...
UN experts alarmed by treatment of migrants in Tunisia
Migrants, refugees and human trafficking victims face alarming treatment in Tunisia, United Nations experts warned on Monday...
Migrants in Lebanon demand time extension to register for evacuation
Bangladeshi migrants stranded in war-torn Lebanon demanded that the authorities extend the time for registering for evacuation.
Bangladesh mission starts info collection of migrants for evacuation
The Bangladesh embassy in Beirut on Wednesday asked migrants in Lebanon, willing to return home amid increasing airstrikes by Israeli forces, to give their information in a designated form by October 12...