Illegal migrants
- Kashmir
21 arrested in police action against illegal migrants in Jammu
Jammu: Twenty-one people, seven of them married couples, were arrested and many others booked on Tuesday in a major police action against those harbouring Rohingya migrants or facilitating their stay with illegal…
- World
UK to add India to safe states list; no asylum rights for Indian illegal migrants
London: In a key step in delivery of the Illegal Migration Act, the UK government plans to add India and Georgia to a list of safe states to speed up the process…
- World
Can Britain tackle its problem of illegal migrants?
London: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government has begun sending migrants on a floating vessel in southern England while their claims of asylum are processed. It is part of a wider policy…
- World
UK lawyers’ watchdog opens investigation into asylum cases
London: The UK’s watchdog for solicitors said on Thursday that it is investigating legal firms and individuals suspected of breaching rules in advising clients on making false asylum claims. The Solicitors Regulatory…
- India
Rohingya migrants are ‘threat’ to national security: BJP
New Delhi: Facing flak over the Rohingya issue, the BJP on Wednesday asserted that the illegal migrants are a “threat” to national security and that the Modi government will never compromise on…
- World
UK to electronically tag some illegal migrants to track movements
London: The UK government is to launch a 12-month pilot scheme that will involve some illegal migrants seeking asylum in the country being electronically tagged to keep track of their movements, it…
- Middle East
Kuwait to provide platform to address issue of illegal migrants
Kuwait’s interior ministry has decided to provide a platform to address the issues of a large number of illegal residents in the country. The proposal to deal with illegal immigrants was agreed…
- India
More than 14,000 Bangladeshi nationals sent back since 2019
New Delhi: Nearly 14,000 Bangladeshi nationals were sent back and averted from entering at Indo-Bangladesh border in India since 2019, said a Border Security Force (BSF) report. According to the report, as…
