85 Bangladeshis among 598 immigrants detained in Myanmar
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...

Rights groups sue for access to migrants held at US base in Guantanamo
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
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
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 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
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...

42 Rohingya migrants detained in Thailand after perilous journey
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
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...

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...

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...