Biden extends temporary protections for nearly 1 million immigrants
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
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
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...

UK Home Office to spend £15 million on spy satellites to monitor migrant crossings
UK Home Office to spend £15 million on spy satellites to monitor migrant crossings

The Home Office of the United Kingdom (UK) has secured a 15 million deal with Telespazio, a global space firm, to use advanced spy satellites for monitoring migrant crossings in the Channel. The contract, which began in November, aims to boost surveillance for the Joint Maritime Security Centre,...

France rescues 107 migrants in channel crossings
France rescues 107 migrants in channel crossings

French authorities said they rescued 107 migrants trying to cross the Channel from France to England on Wednesday. Over the course of Christmas Day, 12 rescue operations were staged along the coast of northern France, including of a boat experiencing engine trouble, Frances Channel and North Sea...

499 migrants rescued off Libyan coast past week: IOM
499 migrants rescued off Libyan coast past week: IOM

Up to 499 migrants, including 34 women and six children, were rescued off the coast of Libya in the past week, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Monday. From Dec. 8 to 14, 499 migrants were rescued and returned to Libya, the IOM reported, adding that 29 migrants went...

Mexico attempts to avoid migrant crisis under trump
Mexico attempts to avoid migrant crisis under trump

Mexico is scrambling to prevent a crisis at its border with the United States ahead of another Donald Trump presidency during which he has vowed mass deportations. US authorities estimate that there are around 11 million unauthorized people living in the United States, mostly from Mexico and...

More than 43 thousand Indian caught in US boarder
More than 43 thousand Indian caught in US boarder

Illegal immigration by Indian nationals into the US via Canada has surged, comprising 22% of total attempts in 2023, reports Hindustan Times. Even as it has become a major bilateral issue between the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump and the government of Prime Minister...

Eight migrants drown in shipwreck near Greece’s Samos Island
Eight migrants drown in shipwreck near Greece’s Samos Island

Greeces coast guard has identified the bodies of eight migrants, including six children, who drowned near the island of Samos. This is the second migrant shipwreck in the Aegean Sea this November, according to authorities. On Monday, Greek police found 36 more people alive in the northern part...

161 Bangladeshis repatriated from Libya, Tunisia
161 Bangladeshis repatriated from Libya, Tunisia

A total of 161 stranded irregular Bangladeshi migrants returned home on Wednesday from Libya and Tunisia separately, reports BSS. The repatriation has taken place under the joint initiative of the foreign ministry, Bangladesh Embassy in Tripoli and the International Organization for Migration...

Canada braces for migrant surge as US tightens immigration
Canada braces for migrant surge as US tightens immigration

Canadian authorities informed that theyre on high alert with all eyes on the US border as the country braces for a possible influx of migrants from the United States on Friday. US President-elect DonaldTrumphas promised the largest mass deportation in American history, accusing immigrants of...

Bangladeshi killed in Israeli attack in Lebanon
Bangladeshi killed in Israeli attack in Lebanon

A Bangladeshi migrant was killed in the Israeli attack in Lebanons capital Beirut. Israel attacked the neighbourhood of Hazmieh in Beirut on Saturday evening, according to the Bangladesh embassy in Beirut. The Bangladeshi victim was identified as 31-year-old Mohammed Nizam Uddin. This is the...