Migrants

US revokes legal status of migrants who used Biden-era app

The latest orders could affect more than 930,000 migrants

28 migrants found dead in Libya mass grave

It said the grave was found after a raid on a human trafficking site

Trump to prepare facility at Guantanamo for 30,000 migrants

US naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, already houses a migrant facility - separate from the high-security US prison for foreign terrorism suspects

UK bolsters fight against migrant crossings

The interior ministry added that the government also aims over the next six months to achieve the highest rate of deportations of failed asylum seekers for five years.

We need skilled workers for higher remittance

Potential there, political will needed

Trapped in the ‘Game Ghor’

Nuruzzaman Raju owned a mobile phone repair shop in the capital’s Gulistan.

Qatar evicts hundreds of migrant workers as World Cup looms

Qatari authorities have evicted hundreds of migrant workers from buildings in central Doha, casting a new shadow over the countdown to the World Cup, residents and workers said on Saturday.

46 dead migrants found inside truck in Texas

The bodies of 46 dead migrants were discovered inside a tractor-trailer on Monday in San Antonio, Texas, city officials said, in one of the most deadly recent incidents of human smuggling along the US-Mexico border.

162 Bangladeshi migrants return home from Libya

As many as 162 Bangladeshi migrants – who were in various detention centres in Libya -- have returned home this morning (May 12, 2022).

March 7, 2016
March 7, 2016

EU leaders 'to declare Balkan migrant route closed at summit'

European Union leaders will on Monday back closing down the Balkans route used by most migrants to reach Europe, diplomats said, after at least 25 more people drowned trying to cross the Aegean Sea en route to Greece.

March 2, 2016
March 2, 2016

Migrant crisis: EU to unveil emergency aid plan

The European Union is preparing to spend hundreds of millions of euros on humanitarian aid, as Greece struggles to cope with an influx of migrants.

February 25, 2016
February 25, 2016

Migrant crisis: EU ministers meet amid rising tension

EU ministers meet in Brussels later amid warnings the migrant crisis could threaten the bloc's survival.

February 21, 2016
February 21, 2016

Europe migrant crisis: Razor wire fence failing in Hungary

Police in Hungary say increasing numbers of migrants are breaching a razor wire fence built to stop them crossing the border from Serbia.

February 8, 2016
February 8, 2016

Migrant crisis: '24 dead' off Turkey as two boats sink

At least 24 migrants have died off the Turkish coast trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, Turkish media say.

January 31, 2016
January 31, 2016

German police 'should shoot migrants', populist politician says

German police should "if necessary" shoot at migrants seeking to enter the country illegally, the leader of a right-wing populist party has said.

January 30, 2016
January 30, 2016

39 dead as migrant boat capsizes off Turkey

At least 39 migrants, including several children, have drowned trying to cross the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece, coastguards say.

January 28, 2016
January 28, 2016

Sweden 'to expel up to 80,000 migrants'

Sweden expects to expel up to 80,000 asylum-seekers whose applications have been rejected, its interior minister was quoted as saying.

January 12, 2016
January 12, 2016

EU migrant crisis: Germany returns migrants to Austria

Germany sends an increasing number of migrants back to Austria every day since the beginning of the month, Austrian police say.

December 15, 2015
December 15, 2015

Migrant crisis: EU to launch new border force plan

Controversial plans for an EU Border and Coast Guard force are to be set out as part of an EU drive to curb the record influx of migrants.