1,300 migrants perished in Mediterranean this year: UN
Two shipwrecks in recent days have brought to more than 1,300 the number of migrants who have died this year trying to cross the Mediterranean, the UN said on Tuesday.
May 09, 2017, 21:43 PM ISTOver 80 missing after migrant boat sinks off Libya, survivors tell UNHCR
At least 80 migrants including women and children were missing after a boat sank off the Libyan coast, survivors told the UN's refugee agency today, in the latest such tragedy.
May 08, 2017, 21:01 PM ISTHundreds of migrants feared dead in Mediterranean over weekend: Survivors
More than 200 migrants are feared to have died in the Mediterranean over the weekend, according to testimony from survivors, and several bodies, including that of an infant, have washed up on a Libyan beach.
May 08, 2017, 18:43 PM ISTSC to examine validity of law granting citizenship to pre-1971 migrants from Bangladesh
A five judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court will examine constitutional validity of the Citizenship Act`s Section 6A providing granting citizenship to migrants from then East Pakistan who had crossed over to India before March 25, 1971.
Apr 19, 2017, 22:31 PM ISTHundreds of migrants at large after fire ravages French camp
Authorities and aid workers are searching for several hundred migrants who disappeared after a fire ravaged their camp in northern France, a shocking blaze that exposed anew the challenges and tensions around Europe's migrants just 12 days before France's presidential election.
Apr 12, 2017, 00:52 AM ISTNot migrant, you are Delhi resident: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar woos Bihari voters in MCD polls
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday played up the Bihari pride and identity card as he tried to woo Purvanchali voters ahead of the MCD polls saying they are not migrants to Delhi but are residents here.
Apr 09, 2017, 21:24 PM ISTAround 270,000 Syrians have right to bring families to Germany: Report
Around 270,000 Syrians in Germany have the right to bring in their family members, a newspaper said on Wednesday - a statistic that could fuel the debate about migration less than six months before a national election.
Apr 05, 2017, 18:10 PM ISTBelgium: 14 injured as van crashes into a highway safety barrier during police car chase
Fourteen migrants were injured on Tuesday when a van crashed into a highway safety barrier during a police car chase in Belgium, prosecutors said.
Apr 04, 2017, 16:49 PM IST146 migrants feared missing after boat capsizes in Mediterranean: UN
About 146 migrants are feared missing after their boat capsized after leaving Libya.
Mar 29, 2017, 20:22 PM ISTOne dead as 1,000 migrants rescued off Libya
Two rescue ships picked up the migrants as they sought to make the perilous journey to Italy, three days after more than 250 Africans were feared drowned.
Mar 26, 2017, 19:24 PM IST6,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean as traffic grows: IOM
More than 6,000 migrants have been rescued on the central Mediterranean route from Libya to Italy in the last few days, as greater numbers take to the sea in warmer weather, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday.
Mar 21, 2017, 18:16 PM ISTAir strikes kill 9 in Syria's Idlib: Observatory
Air strikes pounded Syria`s rebel-held Idlib province on Wednesday, killing at least nine people, including children, a war monitoring group said.
Mar 15, 2017, 14:05 PM ISTOver 80,000 Iraqis displaced in west Mosul fighting: IOM
More than 80,000 people have fled west Mosul since the battle to retake the area began last month, the International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.
Mar 14, 2017, 20:52 PM ISTSouth African police fire rubber bullets at anti-immigrant march: Report
Attacks against foreigners have erupted regularly in recent years, fuelled by South Africa`s high unemployment and poverty levels.
Feb 24, 2017, 15:07 PM ISTScotland needs own immigration deal within Brexit, committee says
Scotland depends on young migrants to expand its workforce and its population and should seek a tailor-made deal as part of Brexit to manage its own migration
Feb 06, 2017, 09:10 AM ISTUNHCR, UK appeal to support Lebanon in Syrian refugee crisis
British Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi called for urgent international support to Lebanon and Syrian refugees here.
Feb 05, 2017, 11:22 AM ISTMigrants in Libya face `catastrophic` rights situation: Germany
Germany on Monday criticised the "catastrophic" human rights situation for migrants held captive by traffickers in Libya, ahead of an EU summit set to discuss migrant flows through North Africa.
Jan 30, 2017, 18:57 PM ISTNearly 180 missing after Mediterranean ship capsize: United Nation
Four people died and nearly 180 are missing after Saturday's migrant ship capsize in the Mediterranean, the UN refugee agency and the International Organisation for Migration said today.
Jan 17, 2017, 15:30 PM ISTCubans to be treated like other migrants: Barack Obama
Cuba is committed to take back its citizens defected by the US when they try to enter or stay irregularly in that country, violating its laws.
Jan 13, 2017, 13:12 PM ISTSailors rescue 114 migrants including 22 children from the Mediterranean
A charity rescue ship has picked up 114 migrants from the Mediterrrean including eight women and 22 children, of whom 16 were unaccompanied
Jan 03, 2017, 01:32 AM IST