Migrants

Human trafficking possibly powered by state funds used by armed groups reveals UN report

The controversial plan gives them until the end of next month to leave voluntarily or face jail and eventual expulsion

Pakistanis illegal migrants to Europe pushed across shores off coast of Libya

Rescue workers say ten bodies, two Libyan and eight Pakistani nationals, have been recovered

In the ruling relating to a Nigerian man, the court says the tests interfered unduly in his private life

It is estimated that there are more than 2 million Muslims in Assam who trace their roots to Bangladesh

Study in the journal Science shows how weather shocks can stoke conflicts around the globe

Of the nine men in the car, four were killed and the rest were hospitalised in Kavala

A European Commission to determine 'fair shares' of asylum-seekers that countries would be expected to take in

The migrants had been chained up in an Istanbul basement, some of them tortured

Experts warn the crossing is far more dangerous than the Mediterranean Sea because of fierce thunderstorms

23 found dead, the second loss of multiple lives recorded in the area so far this week

The number of migrants trying to make the trip, has jumped in the last month while fewer are leaving from Libya

Rise seen in the number of migrants trying to make the perilous sea crossing from Tunisia to Europe since summer

Thursday is the last chance that the Obama-era scheme's beneficiaries have to submit renewal applications

Immigrants are made to wear prison clothes and can also be placed in isolation

Sessions reemphasized what he said was a need to target cross-border criminal organizations

Rescuers found at least seven survivors on Wednesday

The global number of refugee and migrant children moving around alone has reached a record high

The EU’s highest court ruled on Wednesday that member states must take in a share of refugees who reach Europe

Police in the coastal province of western Flanders said they have averaged about a hundred migrant arrests per week

Canada is on track to record the most refugee claims in a decade

Hundreds of books are there to satisfy a different sort of hunger

The new centrist government under President Emmanuel Macron has promised improved procedures and new resources

Tripoli wants to deter foreign rescue vessels, which it accuses of collusion with people trafficking networks

About 60,000 refugees, mostly Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis, have been in Greece for over a year due to border closures

Hashim Khan from Bajaur’s Mamond area died in May in Croatia

Migrants have reported being sold 'on a slave market', according to the IOM

Nearly 77,000 migrants have landed in Italy since January, up 15 percent on the same period in 2016

Migrants from Africa regularly risk their lives trying to get into Europe via Spain

Spain's sea rescue service said Thursday that it had saved more than 400 migrants this week alone

25 children and 98 women are saved, including seven who were pregnant, were also among those rescued

The refugees were hoping to travel on to Europe and discovered by a military patrol

Around 3,000 migrants remain stranded in Bulgaria's rundown refugee shelters

Italy is sheltering more than 176,000 asylum-seekers

A statement says the three companies have admitted to not posting rates as required by law

Europe has faced its biggest migrant crisis since World War II over the last few years

27 women and two children, were also there before being rescued by Libyan coastguard alerted by a local fisherman

Schengen is one of the greatest achievements of the European project, says EU home affairs commissioner

Dinghy did not appear to have been in the water for long and lacked standard rescue markings

Refugees from Turkey, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and other countruies have sought Pakistani nationality

Security forces stepped in and used tear gas in a bid to separate migrants caught up in the skirmishes

Only 1,576 Chinese 'green cards' were allowed permanent residency in 2016

UNHCR says 25 people were on board the shop; two rescued

The ministry's statement did not say whether they had been allowed to seek asylum in Morocco

Libyan coast guard rescue 23 migrants of various African nationalities off the coast of Tripoli

Migrants arriving in Italy on boats from North Africa are up some 30% so far this year

He was jailed twice after insulting the island's late leader Lee Kuan Yew and religious groups

Pakistan has been host to the largest refugee population in the world

Hungarian Prime Minister terms migrants as ‘poison’ and a threat to Europe’s security and culture