Tag: migration

In Taiwan, Hong Kong immigrants despair over future back home

TAINAN: Kitty Wong and Adolf Lim are tightening the screws on their future in Taiwan as they make the final touches to a hostel...

Climate change pushing killer whales to migrate north

OSLO: Paying no attention to nearby divers, a killer whale and her calf hunting for food frolic in a snowy Norwegian fjord. Their favourite meal,...

Leaders of Germany, Spain pledge united front on migration

  BARCELONA: The leaders of Germany and Spain are bolstering a shared approach to immigration into the European Union amid growing populist opposition to taking...

EU cuts migration deal after marathon talks, differences remain

BRUSSELS: European leaders reached a deal on migration in the early hours of Friday after tortuous talks, but details were vague, and German Chancellor...

Italy’s Conte urges EU migration policy change

VALLETTA: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte is calling for a fundamental change in the European Union's migration policy, saying that his country received little...

European leaders back Merkel on migration before summit

BRUSSELS: European leaders promised to help Chancellor Angela Merkel tackle a crisis in the bloc's migration policies on Thursday, offering the weakened German leader...

Migration challenge is make-or-break for EU, says passionate Merkel

BERLIN: The European Union’s fate rests on its ability to rise to the challenges of migration, a passionate Chancellor Angela Merkel told Germany’s parliament...

Pope and Macron meet at Vatican, discuss migration

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis and French President Emmanuel Macron in lengthy private talks at the Vatican Tuesday discussed migration issues and reflected together on...

EU tries to assuage German, Italian concerns on migration

BRUSSELS: The European Union will agree next week to look into creating disembarkation platforms in north Africa and elsewhere to decide asylum requests before...

Trump blasts migration in Europe as causing ‘culture’ change

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Monday blamed migrants in Europe for what he inaccurately described as a rise in crime in Germany and...

US quits talks on global migration pact in UN citing ‘sovereignty...

UNITED NATIONS: The United States has quit negotiations on a voluntary pact to deal with migration because the global approach to the issue was “simply...

MRC to launch legal migration awareness campaign

PP Migrant Resource Centre (MRC), working under Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development, would launch a massive media campaign to educate audience about...