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Migrants

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 IST

Over 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 IST

Hundreds 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 IST

SC 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 IST

Hundreds 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 IST

Not 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 IST

Around 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 IST

Belgium: 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 IST

146 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 IST

One 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 IST

6,000 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 IST

Air 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 IST

Over 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 IST

South 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 IST

Scotland 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 IST

UNHCR, 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 IST

Migrants 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 IST

Nearly 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 IST