Tag: Migrants

India’s prime minister said Friday that the unity of the country was at stake as thousands of migrants from the northeast continued to flee...

Due to strong opposition by the people of Pakistan over the long presence of Afghan refugees, officials are putting pressure on the estimated 2.8...

India has topped Britain and China to become Australia’s leading source of migrants for the first time, data revealed Friday, with seven of the...

Fifty-four migrants trying to reach Italy died of thirst when their inflatable boat ruptured in the Mediterranean, according to testimony from the sole survivor,...

There are more than one billion migrants worldwide, with 214 million of them international migrants, both worst affected by the lack of access to...

Indonesia detained Saturday 96 asylum seekers who had attempted to reach Australia, half of whom were rounded up after their boat capsized in western...

December 18 marks the International Migrants Day, across the world and in Pakistan, to recognise the efforts, contributions and rights of migrants worldwide. On...

TUNIS - Tunisia has accused Rome of infringing on its sovereignty after an Italian minister suggested sending police to the north African country to stem the tide of illegal migrants trying to reach Italy. More than 4,000 migrants have crossed the sea from Tunisia to the small Italian island of Lampedusa in the past week, underscoring the lingering instability in Tunisia since protests ousted its president a month ago.
Catherine Ashton, the European Union's foreign policy chief,

ADEN - At least 43 African migrants have drowned off the coast of Yemen while trying to cross to the Arabian Peninsula country, Yemen's Interior Ministry said on Monday.
The ministry website said three Somalis were rescued after a vessel carrying 46 people mostly from Ethiopia capsized, with another boat missing with up to 40 on board. Many African migrants try to reach Yemen, which they see as a gateway to wealthier parts of the Middle East and the West.