The vessel carrying more than 80 migrants departed from Haiti on Wednesday and was heading to Turks and Caicos, the IOM said on Friday, adding that Haiti's Coast Guard rescued 41 survivors.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday reiterated state governments to issue ration cards within four weeks to migrant or unorganised sector workers registered on the e-shram portal.
On the opposition's call for debate on the rising number of student migranting aborad for studies, Higher Education Minister R Bindu asserted that studying abroad is not a crime and even Mahatama Gandhi went to abroad for studying.
In a newsletter, the Taliban-led Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said that 11,997 Afghan migrants were expelled by the governments of Pakistan and Iran and have returned to Afghanistan.
The Border Security Force has intensified its operation against touts and trans-border criminals in order to clamp down on the influx of Bangladeshi nationals and smuggling of contraband items in the state of Tripura, BSF Inspector General, Patel Piyush Purushottam Das said.
The youth identified as Ahmed Alamkki filed a petition accusing the Indian police and administration of illegally keeping him in the detention center. Alamkki was arrested by the Padav police station in Gwalior on September 21, 2014. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment on August 22,
Tripura Railway Police in last 1.5 years detained as many as 434 illegal immigrants on the move from different railway stations and running trains, a senior Railway Police official said. The official further explained that illegal immigrants are basically of two types--Bangladeshi Nationals
Some deported migrants alleged that despite possessing valid residency documents, they were detained by police and were forcibly returned to Afghanistan. Many Afghan migrants have documented instances of mistreatment by Iranian police in their camps.
Donald Trump hit back at Biden claiming the US borders were the "safest" in history during his tenure, while further alleging that today, the "largest number of terrorists" are entering the country.
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav physically handed over the Citizenship certificates to two Pakistani applicants Sameer Melwani (12) and Sanjana Melwani (18) and one Bangladeshi applicant Rakhi Das at Mantralaya in the state capital Bhopal.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the State Bank of India (SBI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Saturday to enhance digital payment services for users of the eMigrate portal.
At least 49 people lost their lives and 140 went missing after a boat sank which was carrying refugees and migrants from the Horn of Africa to Yemen, Al Jazeera reported, citing the United Nations' International Organization for Migration (IOM).