Migrants
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).
Identify all undocumented migrants from Bangladesh: Jammu and Kashmir High Court
India’s Jammu and Kashmir High Court has given six weeks to the authorities to identify migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar who are illegally staying in the federally-ruled territory.
How refugees, migrants and climate change are related
At the global level there has been a recent set of decisions in the different fora dealing with refugees, migrants and climate change to bring the three issues together and plan better so that we can avoid potential future crisis.
Male migrants' remittance drops 11pc
Annual per capita remittance from the male migrants has fallen by 11 percent in 2017 compared to that in 2014, says a new study.
Libya arrests three suspected smugglers over migrant boat disaster
Three people have been arrested in Libya on suspicion of involvement in launching a boat packed with migrants.
8 Bangladeshis killed as boats sink off Libya
Eight Bangladeshi nationals were among those dead after two boats sank off Libya, confirms a Bangladesh’s embassy official based in Tunisia.
1100 Bangladeshis, Rohingyas die at sea in 18 months
At least 70 people are estimated to have died at sea on ships abandoned in May this year from starvation, dehydration, disease and abuse by the crews, says UN refugee agency.
Is this the best we can do?
The international community's response to the biggest movement of refugees and migrants in Europe since the aftermath of World War II is inadequate and flawed.
Migrant crisis: 'Scores of bodies' found on Libya boat
About 50 people have been found dead in the hold of a boat carrying migrants intercepted off the coast of Libya, the Italian coastguard says.
Italian navy rescues 4,400 migrants off Libya coast
The Italian navy organizes the rescue of around 4,400 migrants in waters off the Libyan coast, prompted by requests for help received from nearly two dozen boats, in one of the biggest multi-national operations so far.
40 migrants die in Mediterranean (video)
At least 40 migrants have died after apparently getting trapped and suffocating in the water-logged hold of a boat in the Mediterranean.
159 Bangladeshis to be repatriated ‘later’
A total of 159 Bangladeshi human trafficking victims, who were rescued by Myanmar’s Navy, cannot be brought back to Bangladesh today.
UK, France seek EU help over Calais
The UK and France urge other EU nations to help address the root causes of the Calais migrants crisis.
102 boat migrants found by Myanmar navy
Myanmar's navy discovers over a hundred migrants stranded for weeks on a southern island.