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US: 10 killed, 12 injured after van carrying migrants overturns in Texas
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Texas [US], August 5 (ANI): Ten people were killed and 12 injured on Wednesday (local time) when a van carrying 25 migrants crashed in southern Texas.
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57 feared dead after boat capsizes off Libya coast, says UN
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], July 27 (ANI): Fifty-seven people have been presumed dead as boat carrying migrants has capsized off Libya, as per United Nations migration official.
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French Interior Minister asks EU to handle migrants at Northern Borders
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [Farnce] July 26 (ANI/Sputnik): French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin asked for the EU border agency Frontex's assistance and the closer cooperation of northern European states in stemming the flow of illegal migrants crossing the Channel en route to the United Kingdom.
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London's Mayor Sadiq Khan issues message to support Hong Kong migrants
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 23 (ANI): London's Mayor Sadiq Khan on Thursday sent a message of support to Hong Kong residents fleeing China's crackdown on democracy to seek new lives in the United Kingdom (UK).
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Illegal Rohingya migrants pose threat to national security: MHA tells Lok
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI): Illegal Rohingya migrants pose a threat to national security and there are reports that some of them have indulged in illegal activities in the country, the Ministry of Home Affairs informed Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
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Iran hands over 180 illegal immigrants to Pakistan at Balochistan border
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Tehran [Iran], July 12 (ANI): The Iranian authorities have handed over 180 Pakistani migrants to the local administration at the Taftan border in Chagai district, in the country's Balochistan province.
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Turkey bus accident kills 12, injures 26
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], July 11 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 12 people were killed and 26 others injured after a minibus carrying illegal migrants crashed on Sunday in eastern Turkey.
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7 die, 9 missing in migrant shipwreck off Italy's Lampedusa
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], June 30 (ANI/Sputnik): Seven undocumented migrants have drowned as a result of a shipwreck near Italy's Lampedusa Island while trying to flee from Africa to Europe via the Mediterranean Sea, media reported on Wednesday.
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Violence against smuggled migrants widespread: UN report
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], June 29 (ANI): A UN report published on Monday highlighted that migrants smuggled across borders are often subjected to extreme violence, torture, rape and kidnapping, whether in transit or in captivity, but authorities take little action to address these offences.
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Lithuania's foreign minister accuses Belarus of 'weaponising' illegal migr
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Vilnius [Lithuania], June 15 (ANI/Sputnik): Belarus is allegedly using illegal migrants from Syria and Iraq against Lithuania as a way to get back at Vilnius for antagonizing Minsk, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has said.
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SC defers by two weeks hearing IUML's plea challenging Centre's notificati
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred for two weeks the hearing on the petition, filed by the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) challenging the May 28 notification of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) that allowed allowing non-Muslim refugees to apply for c
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Adhir Ranjan urges Mamata to form new department for welfare of Bengali mi
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 15 (ANI): West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, requesting her to create a new department exclusively dedicated to the welfare of the West Bengal migrants in view of the "sad plight" they fa
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