Migrants
- Middle East
5 killed as migrant boat sinks off Turkey
Ankara: At least five migrants were killed when a dinghy sank off the coast of southwest Turkey, state media reported. Turkish coastguard arrived off the coast of Didim district in Aydin province…
- India
Another FIR registered by Bihar Police for ‘fake’ videos of attacks on migrants in TN
Patna: Days after the arrest of a man for allegedly sharing “fake” videos of attacks on migrants in Tamil Nadu on social media, the Bihar Police on Friday registered a fresh FIR…
- India
Migrant workers attack: Bihar officials hold meeting with Chennai Collector
Chennai: A team of senior officials from Bihar held a detailed discussion with Chennai Collector S Amirtha Jothi on Saturday to obtain first-hand information on the alleged attack on migrant workers from Bihar.…
- India
‘Bihar workers are our workers,’ Tamil Nadu CM Stalin tells Nitish
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday reassured his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar that all migrant workers are safe in the State and he asserted that swift action would…
- World
Indo-Canadian man pleads guilty to smuggling migrants into US
Toronto: Indo-Canadian Rajinder Pal Singh, who admitted to receiving more than $500,000, for coordinating a human smuggling ring moving migrants into the US via Canada, has pleaded guilty to the charges, the…
- World
331 migrants rescued off Libyan coast in past week: IOM
Tripoli: The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has said that 331 migrants were rescued and returned to Libya in the past week. “In the period of January 22-28, 2023, 331 migrants were…
- Middle East
2 dead, 232 rescued in Lebanon migrant boat sinking
Beirut: The Lebanese Navy has rescued 232 Syrian migrants, who were onboard a boat off the Batroun beach in northern Lebanon, and recovered the bodies of a drowned woman and her child,…
- Middle East
1,200 migrants rescued off Tunisian coast
Tunis: Tunisia’s Maritime Guard rescued about 1,200 irregular migrants off the country’s eastern coast in the past 48 hours, Tunisian National Guard announced on Wednesday. The rescue operations took place during the…
- World
UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman under fire over migrant invasion’ claim
London: UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman is under fire from the Opposition and refugee activists for classifying an increase in the number of refugees landing on the country’s shores seeking asylum as…
- World
Braverman calls migrant crisis an ‘invasion’, faces heat
London: Indian-origin Suella Braverman, already under fire over her re-appointment as the UK Home Secretary, has sparked off another outrage by comparing migrant crisis in the country to “invasion”. Braverman, who was…
- World
2 Texas buses of migrants arrive outside US VP’s residence in D.C.
Washington: Two buses of migrants from Texas has arrived outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence at the US Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. Confirming the development in a tweet on Thursday, Texas…
- World
Bulgaria stops 141 migrants, highest number in years
Sofia: Bulgarian police have stopped 141 migrants from entering without permission, the highest number of reported entry attempts the country has logged in a day since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.…