J&K approves creation of 3,000 posts for Kashmiri migrants
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday approved the creation of additional 3,000 supernumerary posts for Kashmiri migrants under the Prime Minister's package.
Jul 28, 2017, 22:22 PM IST
UN refugee chief says Italy needs support helping migrants
Italy needs more international support to cope with a wave of migrants that has flooded its shores since the start of the year, UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi said on Saturday.
Jul 01, 2017, 18:58 PM IST
Over 8,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean in 48 hours: Italy's coastguard
Over 73,300 migrants have landed in Italy since January, a 14 percent increase from the same period last year.
900 migrants rescued off Libyan coast
Libyan coast guard rescued 900 migrants on five boats, including 98 women and 25 children, off the coast of Sabratha in western Libya.
Jun 17, 2017, 09:26 AM IST
Hungary could not have prevented deaths of 71 migrants in lorry: Prosecutors
The refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, 59 men, eight women and four children were crammed into the back of a small lorry by people smugglers and suffocated on the journey from Hungary.
Refugees, migrants evacuated from old Athens airport site
Greek police were evacuating hundreds of migrants and refugees on Friday from a makeshift shelter set up inside the abandoned buildings of Athens' old airport, which have been slated for redevelopment.
Jun 02, 2017, 13:49 PM IST
44 migrants, including babies, die in Niger desert
At least 44 migrants, including women and babies, were found dead after their vehicle broke down in the desert of northern Niger while on the way to Libya.
Jun 01, 2017, 17:43 PM IST
58 migrants including children perish in Mediterranean in a week, 100 more missing
At least 58 migrants, including many children, perished in the Mediterranean last week trying to reach Italy, while 100 more are still missing, according to new figures published today.
May 30, 2017, 21:41 PM IST
Some 10,000 migrants rescued off Libya coast in four days
More than 3,400 migrants were rescued off the coast of Libya on Saturday, bringing to about 10,000 the total number rescued over four days.
May 27, 2017, 23:03 PM IST
1,530 migrants, refugees died crossing Mediterranean in 2017: United Nations
"This number does not include some 6,000 people who have been rescued over the past 72 hours," said Dujarric.
May 27, 2017, 18:36 PM IST
At least 20 migrants killed in new Mediterranean sinking: Coastguard
At least 20 migrants including young children drowned on Wednesday when they fell off an overloaded vessel in the Mediterranean.
May 24, 2017, 17:35 PM IST
Italy coast guard says at least 20 dead in migrant capsizing
The incident was one of 15 rescues that have saved some 1,700 people.
May 24, 2017, 16:43 PM IST
Over 30,000 Somalis return from conflict-hit Yemen: UNHCR
Some 30,600 Somalis have returned to their country from Yemen since the beginning of war in Yemen in 2015, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.
May 19, 2017, 16:41 PM IST
Libya asks Italy to arm migrant patrol boats
Libya on Thursday asked Italy to arm the patrol boats it uses in the fight against illegal immigration across the Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe.
May 18, 2017, 22:43 PM IST
Car bomb hits camp for displaced Syrians near Jordan border: Monitor
A car bomb exploded in Syria's sprawling Rukban refugee camp near the border with Jordan on Wednesday causing injuries, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and two rebel sources said.
May 17, 2017, 18:10 PM IST
Boat with 512 migrants, seven corpses aboard reaches Sicily
An Italian coastguard vessel docked in Sicily's western port city of Trapani on Monday with 512 migrants and the bodies of a further seven on board.
May 15, 2017, 20:50 PM IST
Italian police make arrests, accuse mafia of profiting from migrants
Police arrested 68 people in early morning raids in the southern toe of Italy, including a priest and the head of a Roman Catholic association that runs the Sant`Anna Cara immigrant centre in the town of Isola Capo Rizzuto.
May 15, 2017, 17:43 PM IST
USD 1.4 billion needed to help South Sudanese refugees this year: United Nations
The United Nations said Monday that $1.4 billion (1.3 billion euros) was needed this year alone to help the nearly two million people who have fled war and famine in South Sudan.
May 15, 2017, 15:54 PM IST
Italy rescues 484 migrants in Mediterranean, finds 7 bodies
Rescuers saved 484 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean on Saturday and found the bodies of seven men who had died in the attempt to get to Europe.
May 14, 2017, 18:45 PM IST
Italy rescues 484 migrants in Mediterranean, finds bodies of seven men
Rescuers saved 484 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean on Saturday and found the bodies of seven men who had died in the attempt to get to Europe, Italy`s coast guard said.
May 14, 2017, 14:03 PM IST
