Migrants
- 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…
- Bangalore
Bangalore: Social media war on rain fury shifts to ‘migrant’ issue
Bangalore: Social media war that started on infratsructre collpase in Bangalore amid torrential rain, is gradually shifting to the “migrants” issue with several locals asking them to leave the city. As Bangalore,…
- World
Over a million Rohingya migrants a “big burden” on Bangladesh: Sheikh Hasina
Dhaka: The Rohingya migrants are a “big burden” on Bangladesh and the country is reaching out to the international community to ensure they return to their homeland, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said…
- 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.…
- World
9 million international migrants live in Egypt: IOM
Cairo: More than 9 million international migrants from about 130 countries currently live in Egypt, according to the latest figures released by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). In a statement, the…
- World
US: Four charged as 53 migrants die in 18-wheeler in Texas
Houston: Four men have been charged after 53 migrants died in a sweltering 18-wheeler in San Antonio, a city in Texas near the US-Mexico border, authorities said. The driver of the tractor-trailer, identified…
- Kashmir
Kashmiri migrant workers will not be moved out of valley: Officials
New Delhi: Amid growing demand for shifting Kashmiri Pandit employees to safer places after a series of targeted killings, the Jammu and Kashmir administration Friday made it clear the employees would not…
- World
18 migrants found dead, 203 rescued off Moroccan coasts
Rabat: Eighteen migrants were found dead and 203 others rescued by the Moroccan navy off the country’s coasts, state-run MAP news agency reported. Citing a military source, MAP said in its report…
- India
Indian Railways ran more trains for migrants from Gujarat than Maha: Supriya Sule
Mumbai: NCP MP Supriya Sule on Tuesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for accusing the opposition of inciting migrants to flee from Mumbai during the COVID-19 lockdown, and claimed more trains were…
- World
Over 1 million Afghans migrated in 4 months: Report
Kabul: More than one million Afghans have migrated over the past four months and most of them have crossed border areas into Iran and Pakistan a media report claimed The head of a…
- India
Tamil Nadu: Migrant worker dies of torture, 2 cops suspended
A migrant worker in Tamil Nadu’s Chithirai Chavadi due to alleged negligence of the Alamdurai police. The incident took place late in the intervening night of January 11 and 12, wherein a…
