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US Senate passes $4.6bn emergency aid bill to address US-Mexico border cri
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Jun 27 (ANI): The US Senate on Wednesday passed an emergency funding bill in a bid to address the migrant crisis at its southern border with Mexico.
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Dharmendra Pradhan thanks Jaishankar for rescuing migrant workers from Dub
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday thanked his cabinet colleague, S Jaishankar, the External Affairs Minister, for his intervention in bringing back the stranded Odisha migrant workers from Dubai.
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Migrant workers stranded in Dubai return to India
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Dubai [UAE], Jun 25 (ANI): Nine of the ten migrant labourers from Odisha held captive by their employees in Dubai returned to India on Tuesday, while one would travel back to the country tomorrow, Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi has said.
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199 migrants rescued off Libya's western coast
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Jun 23 (ANI): 199 migrants have been rescued by the Libyan Navy off the country's western coast in the last three days.
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Angelina Jolie seeks more international support for Venezuela
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Bogota [Colombia], June 9 (ANI): Hollywood star and special envoy for United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Angelina Jolie on Saturday urged the international community to provide more support to Venezuela, from where the number of refugees and migrants has risen to over four
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Trump mulling over declaring 'new emergency' for imposing tariffs on Mexic
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jun 7 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump is planning to declare a national emergency for slapping new tariffs on Mexico over the flow of migrants into his country, according to a draft document.
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Libya: 125 Europe-bound migrants rescued off western coast
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Jun 6 (ANI): At least 125 Europe-bound migrants were rescued in two separate sea operations conducted in Mediterranean waters by the Libyan coast guard on Wednesday off the country's western coast.
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2 bodies retrieved from boat off Libya's coast; 73 migrants rescued
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], Jun 3 (ANI): Libyan coast guard retrieved two dead bodies on Sunday off country's western coast from a boat carrying more than 80 European-bound migrants.
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Minor raped, accused beaten to death by mob in Jalandhar
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Jalandhar (Punjab) [India], June 2 (ANI): An 11-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 39-year-old migrant labourer, who was later caught by the locals and beaten to death here on Sunday.
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Case against Mohammad Sanaullah 'fabricated', claim advocate and family me
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 1 (ANI): The case against retired Army soldier Mohammad Sanaullah who has been sent to detention centre for illegal migrants is "fabricated" as he was on a counter-insurgency operation in Manipur at the time police said to have taken his statement in Assam, cla
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5% US tariff on Mexican imports from June
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to impose new tariffs on Mexico if the country does not step up its enforcement actions.
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After 30 years in Army, ex-soldier declared a 'foreigner'
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], May 31 (ANI): The family of retired Army soldier who fought in the Kargil war two decades ago and who is currently serving as an ASI in the Border Police has approached the Gauhati High Court after he was sent to a detention centre for illegal migrants.
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