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US revokes temporary status of 5 lakh migrants
The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it will revoke legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans, setting them up for potential deportation in about a month, reports NDTV. The order applies to about 5, 32, 000 people from the four...
6 dead, 40 missing in Mediterranean migrant shipwreck: UN
Six people died and 40 are missing after a migrant shipwreck in the Mediterranean, the United Nations said Wednesday (March 19), with Italian media reporting the boat went down off the island of Lampedusa. Still too many dead in a new shipwreck in the Mediterranean, UNHCRs Italy representative...
Bangladeshi migrant flow increases on Mediterranean route to Europe
Although illegal entries into Europe have generally decreased, the number of Bangladeshis arriving via the Mediterranean has risen. Frontex reports a 48% increase along the central Mediterranean route in the first two months of this year. According to Frontex, the Mediterranean route sees the...
85 Bangladeshis among 598 immigrants detained in Myanmar
Malaysian immigration authorities apprehended 598 immigrants, including 85 Bangladeshis, during an enforcement operation at the Meru Market Complex in Klang on Saturday. Jafri Embok Taha, deputy director-general (Operations) of Immigration, stated that the operation, which began at 5:30 am, led...
Rohingyas travel to Saudi with Bangladeshi passport
Over the past few decades, at least five million Rohingyas have entered Saudi Arabia with Bangladeshi passports, living there as illegal migrants from the country. They not only stay there illegally, but also conduct various misdeeds, creating negative perception of Bangladeshis among Saudi...
Rights groups sue for access to migrants held at US base in Guantanamo
Human rights groups said Wednesday they have sued to gain access to migrants held at the US military base in Guantanamo, Cuba under President Donald Trumps offensive against undocumented foreigners. Trump has ordered the base -- synonymous with abuses against terror suspects held there after the...
Around 50 migrants found in mass graves in Libya’s desert
Libyan authorities have uncovered nearly 50 bodies in two mass graves in the countrys southeastern desert, officials said Sunday, highlighting the deadly risks faced by migrants attempting to reach Europe. The first grave, containing 19 bodies, was discovered Friday at a farm in Kufra, the citys...
Deportees came shackled on plane, saw people dying on way to US
Jaspal Singh, who was among 104 deportees brought in a US aircraft on Wednesday, claimed that their hands and legs were cuffed throughout the journey and they were unshackled only after landing at the Amritsar airport. Singh, 36, who hails from Hardorwal village in Gurdaspur district, said he...
Mexico denies US request to land military aircraft deporting migrants
Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trumps administration to allow a US military aircraft deporting migrants to land in the country, a US official and a Mexican official told Reuters. US military aircraft carried out two similar flights, each with about 80 migrants, to Guatemala...
71 Bangladeshis among 176 immigrants held in Malaysia
The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department (JIM) detained 176 illegal immigrants during an operation carried out around Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang, on Wednesday night. Kuala Lumpur JIM director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff said the operation which started at 7:15 pm with the cooperation of Kuala...
Bangladeshis among 176 illegal immigrants detained in Malaysia
The Kuala Lumpur Immigration Department (JIM) detained 176 illegal immigrants during an operation carried out around Jalan Alor, Bukit Bintang, on Wednesday night, reports local news agency Bernama. Kuala Lumpur JIM director Wan Mohammed Saupee Wan Yusoff said the operation which started at 7:15...
42 Rohingya migrants detained in Thailand after perilous journey
Forty-two Rohingya migrants were detained in Thalang district, Phuket, early Tuesday, after being discovered in the water near Sai Kaew Beach. The group had left Bangladesh on December 16, intending to reach Malaysia but endured a harrowing journey, reads a Bangkok Post report. Local officials...
Biden extends temporary protections for nearly 1 million immigrants
The Biden administration on Friday extended temporary deportation protections (TPS) for hundreds of thousands of immigrants residing in the United States as communities brace for the incoming Trump administration. The relief known as Temporary Protected Status applies to people who would face...
Mexico sends migrants to troubled resort to avoid US border
About 100 migrants from various countries wandered directionless and disoriented through the streets of the troubled Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. After walking for a couple weeks through southern Mexico with hundreds of other migrants, they accepted an offer from immigration officials to...
Non-Mexican deportees from US pin hopes on Mexico for acceptance
Mexico opened the possibility Friday of receiving non-Mexican migrants deported by the United States after initially saying they would push President-elect Donald Trump to return other nationalities directly to their countries of origin. President Claudia Sheinbaum said during her daily press...