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).

September 5, 2015
September 5, 2015

Migrants arrive in Austria from Hungary after border move

Around 2,000 refugees have arrived at Austria's border from Hungary, and the numbers could more than double through the day, Austrian police say.

September 4, 2015
September 4, 2015

Migrant crisis: Australia PM says stopping boats key for Europe

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said the refugee and migrant crisis in Europe is proof of the need for tough asylum policies.

September 1, 2015
September 1, 2015

Saudi firms stop hiring 'costly domestics' from Bangladesh

Saudi Arabia’s recruitment offices have decided to stop hiring Bangladeshi workers claiming that a supply crunch has raised costs, reports an Arab English daily, Arab News.

August 29, 2015
August 29, 2015

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.

August 28, 2015
August 28, 2015

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.

August 27, 2015
August 27, 2015

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.

August 27, 2015
August 27, 2015

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.

August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015

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.

August 24, 2015
August 24, 2015

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.

August 15, 2015
August 15, 2015

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.