Tag: Migrants
150 migrants feared dead after boats capsize off Libya coast
CAIRO: Up to 150 Europe-bound migrants, including women and children, were missing and feared drowned on Thursday after the boats they were travelling in...
Hundreds of migrants occupy Paris landmark
PARIS: Hundreds of undocumented migrants surged into the Pantheon in central Paris on Friday, briefly occupying the vaunted memorial complex to demand talks with...
Migrants in Italy boat dispute disembark on Lampedusa
ROME: Migrants on a rescue boat that docked in the Italian island of Lampedusa against an explicit ban have disembarked after the vessel was...
Italy takes in migrants despite ‘closed ports’ policy
ROME: Over 60 migrants rescued at sea by the Italian navy and a charity ship disembarked in Italy on Friday, despite far-right Interior Minister...
At least 70 migrants drown off Tunisia coast: report
DUBAI: At least 70 migrants drowned on Friday when their boat sank in international waters off the Tunisian coast, and 16 were saved, the...
Pope asks Bulgarians to ‘open hearts’ to migrants
SOFIA: Pope Francis urged Bulgarians to open their hearts and doors to refugees as he began a visit to the European Union's poorest country,...
‘We are not fish’: Migrants stranded at sea grow frustrated
ABOARD SEA-WATCH 3, MEDITERRANEAN: After two weeks stranded at sea and battered by winter storms, migrants onboard a rescue ship are growing frustrated, supplies...
US shuts border post as migrants try to cross from Mexico
TIJUANA: US officials briefly closed a border crossing in southern California on Sunday after hundreds of migrants, part of the "caravan" condemned by President...
US judge blocks Trump asylum restrictions
SAN FRANCISCO: A US judge on Monday temporarily blocked an order by President Donald Trump that barred asylum for immigrants who enter the country...
Work stalls in many factories in Modi’s home state after attacks...
AHMEDABAD/MUMBAI: Mukesh Patel's factory making decorative lights sits eerily silent during what should be one of its busiest times of the year.
Work at the...
Italy tightens eligibility for migrant protection
ROME: Italy's populist government is making it harder for migrants to be approved for humanitarian protection.
Interior Minister Matteo Salvini told reporters that the government...
FIA, UNODC to roll out campaign against trafficking
ISLAMABAD: The country office of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), in collaboration with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), is rolling out nationwide...
UN says ‘criminals’ impersonating its staff in Libya to target migrants
GENEVA: The UN decried Saturday "reliable reports" that smugglers and traffickers were impersonating its staff in Libya to target desperate migrants and refugees, and...
German spy chief at odds with Merkel over hounding of migrants...
BERLIN: Germany's domestic spy chief expressed scepticism on Friday that migrants had been hounded in Chemnitz after the fatal stabbing of a German man,...
Bosnian police intercept 50 migrants on cargo train
ZVORNIK: Bosnian police stopped about 50 migrants from Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan trying to cross from Serbia in a cargo train overnight on Friday...
Libya, UN relocate migrants trapped by Tripoli clashes
TRIPOLI: Hundreds of migrants have been relocated in Libya's capital from government-run detention centers after getting trapped by clashes between rival groups, UN and...
Portugal wants Britain to welcome all EU migrants after Brexit
LISBON: Portugal's foreign minister told Britain on Thursday it should keep its doors open to "construction workers and waiters" as well as high-end professional...
