Migrants

Australia plans law to allow prison time for migrant convicts who breach visa conditions

Under emergency law proposed on Thursday in response to a High Court finding that foreigners cannot be detained indefinitely as an alternative to deportation, migrants with criminal records in Australia face up to five years in prison for violating the terms of their visas

Plan to send migrants to Rwanda unlawful as they would be at risk, says UK top court

Five judges on the country's top court said asylum applicants would be "at real risk of ill-treatment" as they might be deported after arriving in Rwanda

US to offer economic benefits for countries hosting migrants

US President Joe Biden will convene leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean at the White House on Friday to discuss economic issues and migration at the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP) Leaders' Summit

Forcibly deporting Afghans could lead to severe human rights violations: UN warns Pakistan 

Pakistan recently announced a crackdown on migrants living in the country illegally, including 1.7 million Afghans, telling them to return to their home countries by Oct. 31 to avoid mass arrest and expulsion.

More than 60 people feared dead after boat capsizes off Cape Verde

The Cape Verde archipelago lies about 600 kms off the coast on the maritime migration route to the Spanish Canary Islands, which is a gateway to the European Union

Haryana violence: How tensions have forced migrants to flee Gurugram, Nuh

As tensions remain high in Haryana, some migrant workers employed in violence-hit Gurugram and Nuh have started returning to their hometowns. While those who live in slums in Gurugram’s Sector 70A were threatened to leave by mobs, labourers scarred by clashes in Nuh are also trying to go back

Mexican cartel hijacks migrants' bus en route US, seeks $1,500 ransom per person

There has been an increase in reported kidnappings in recent months, with criminal groups charging migrants for passage through Mexico and subsequently abducting them for ransom. Over 2,100 migrants were kidnapped in Mexico last year

'Race against Time’: Chaotic scenes at the US-Mexico border as Title 42 expires

Title 42, the pandemic-era public health restriction which was used by the US to curb immigration, ended Friday. Throngs of migrants waded across spring river currents, pushed through thickets to confront a razor-wire-enclosed border

New asylum rules replace Title 42 as migrants scramble to enter US

To make sure no one stops them on their way to the US, some migrants even posed as border officials while others tried to cross undetected

Why US is sending 1,500 additional troops to Mexico border

The Joe Biden administration is sending troops to the border in anticipation of a surge of migrants ahead of COVID-19 border restrictions being lifted. This also comes as Title 42 restrictions, which allow authorities to expel illegal immigrants to Mexico without giving them a chance to seek asylum,