Tag: Migrants
Thousands of Italian anti-racists march after shooting spree against migrants
MACERATA: Thousands of Italians marched against racism on Saturday in the city of Macerata where a man opened fire on African migrants a week...
90 migrants, mostly Pakistanis, believed dead in shipwreck off Libya
GENEVA: An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler’s boat capsized early on Friday, leaving...
Five migrants shot during giant brawl in Calais
CALAIS: Five migrants were shot during a giant brawl in Calais, leaving four fighting for their lives Friday in what the French government called...
Pope visits Chile’s migrants before leaving for Peru
SANTIAGO: Pope Francis wraps up his Chile visit Thursday by meeting with members of the South American nation’s booming immigrant community, who are flocking...
Mediterranean: Over 90 migrants missing
TRIPOLI: Between 90 and 100 migrants were missing after their makeshift boat sank in the Mediterranean off the coast of Libya, the country’s navy said...
Pakistanis among 700 boat migrants rescued in Mediterranean
ROME: Rescuers pulled 700 boat migrants, including Pakistanis, to safety in the Mediterranean and found 23 bodies during one operation on Friday, an Italian...
New Trump immigration initiative aims to curb child migration
NEW YORK: Many of the immigration initiatives launched by the Trump administration in recent weeks target one kind of migrant: children.
The measures are aimed...
Migrant arrivals in Italy drop down by 70 per cent as...
Rome: Migrant arrivals in Italy have dropped nearly 70 percent since summer as a deal with Libya blocks boats and would-be asylum seekers use...
California becomes first ‘sanctuary state’ for undocumented migrants
Los Angeles: California became the first "sanctuary state" for undocumented immigrants Friday, a decision criticized by the Trump administration which believes the move will compromise...
Libya, Italy net 5,000 migrants in a week
TRIPOLI: Libya's coastguard has rescued over 3,000 migrants aiming to cross the Mediterranean to Europe in the past week, while Italy picked up another...
Police rescue 14 Pakistan migrants detained by compatriots
THESSALONIKI: Police in Thessaloniki city located in northern Greece said that they freed 14 Pakistan migrants held captive by five compatriots of theirs who demanded...
Trump says illegal migrants brought as children ‘shouldn’t be worried’
WASHINGTON DC: US President Donald Trump said that illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children, known as “dreamers,” should not be worried about...
Egypt migrant shipwreck death toll rises to 55
Rescuers brought more bodies ashore Thursday after a boat crowded with migrants capsized off the Egyptian coast, leaving at least 55 people dead and...
Give us EU visa freedom in Oct or abandon migrant deal,...
The European Union should grant Turks visa-free travel in October or the migrant deal that involves Turkey stemming the flow of illegal migrants to...
Italy says 6,500 migrants rescued since Thursday
The Italian coastguard said the bodies of five migrants were recovered from the Mediterranean Sunday, while more than 6,500 people had been rescued off...
Migrant protestors nearing Hungary border
Some 300 migrants, the largest group in many months to try to march across Serbia into Hungary, were nearing the border on Sunday, the...
At least 10 dead on migrant boat sinking off Italy
At least 10 people died after an inflatable dinghy loaded with migrants began sinking in the Mediterranean on Thursday, the Italian coastguard said.
The coastguard...
