Tag: Immigrants

Record 70.8 million people displaced at end of 2018: UN

NEW YORK: More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees...

Iran hands over 60 illegal immigrants to Pakistan

QUETTA: Iranian security force handed over 60 more Pakistani nationals to Levies force at Pak-Iran Border in Taftan area of Chaghi district, Levies sources...

Melania Trump wears ‘I really don’t care’ jacket during visit to...

MCALLEN: First Lady Melania Trump’s visit on Thursday to a Texas shelter housing migrant children separated from their parents was overshadowed by a jacket...

Trump signs executive order to keep immigrant families together

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump, addressing what his administration has characterized as an unwanted side effect of his zero-tolerance policy on illegal immigration, signed...

Hungary to levy tax on aid groups supporting immigrants

BUDAPEST: Hungary stepped up its anti-immigration measures on Tuesday with plans to introduce a 25 percent special tax on aid groups which support migration. Prime...

UK’s MI6 will recruit children of immigrants for first time

LONDON: Britain's foreign spy agency will allow the children of immigrants to join the organization for the first time and will launch its first...

FIA arrests three illegal travellers from Allama Iqbal airport

LAHORE: Immigration wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday arrested three passengers over various charges at the Allama Iqbal International Airport. According to an...

#MeToo, Dreamers, Trump and Sridevi: highlights from the Oscars

The #MeToo movement took a starring role Sunday at the first Oscars since the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse revelations, with the awards gala often...

Trump says Democrats are ‘complicit’ in crimes by illegal immigrants

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Saturday issued a new video ad calling Democrats “complicit” in murders committed by illegal immigrants, during...

Haitian immigrants face hurdles after protected status

BOSTON: Thousands of Haitian immigrants living in the US legally will face employment and travel hurdles because President Donald Trump’s administration delayed the process...

US federal courts charge 402 immigrants against terrorism-related offenses, says report

WASHINGTON: US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) mutually released a report on Tuesday, revealing that three out of...

32 Pakistanis held near Iranian border

NUSHKI: The Iranian authorities have arrested 32 Pakistanis near Taftan for illegally crossing the border on Tuesday. The Iranian border force arrested 32 Pakistanis while they...

Trump: Why allow immigrants from ‘shithole countries’?

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Thursday questioned why the United States would want to have immigrants from Haiti and African nations, referring to some...

Federal judge blocks Trump’s move to end DACA programme for immigrants

SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge blocked President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday from ending a programme that shielded from deportation children brought to the...

US give deadline for 200,000 Salvadorans immigrants to leave

WASHINGTON: The US government announced Monday the end of a special protected status for about 200,000 Salvadoran immigrants, a move that threatens with deportation...

Inside the Greek refugees camp

ATHENS: Haider Ali, a teenage boy from central Punjab, is the sole survivor of the Turbat carnage. He cheated death by a stroke luck. Khushbakht...

Iran hands over 89 immigrants to FIA

CHAGAI: Iranian authorities on Wednesday handed over eighty-nine Pakistani immigrants to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) at Taftan border in Chagai district, Balochistan. According to a...