Migrants

Wellington, Feb 1: New Zealand welcomed a record 121,900 migrants, mostly from Asia in 2015, the government statistics agency said on Monday. According to Statistics New Zealand, the country had a net gain - more arrivals than departures -…

Copenhagen, Jan 27: The Danish Parliament on Tuesday passed a controversial bill that empowers the authorities to confiscate valuables of asylum seekers to finance their stay in the country and tightens rules on asylum. Lawmakers in…

Patna, Nov 17: Bihar is witnessing the return of its natives in droves. A million migrants are back at their villages and towns over the past week or so to celebrate Chhath festival, the biggest community celebration, along with their…

Chhapra (Bihar), Oct 25: The RJD and JD-U governments of the past 25 years have turned Bihar's youths into migrants, forcing them to seek jobs outside the state, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. Addressing the first of four…

London, June 5 (IANS): A shipping container carrying 68 migrants was discovered at a port in the English county of Essex, the local ambulance service said on Friday. Seven of the migrants, who were detected on Thursday night in Harwich…

Nearly 700 migrants are believed to have drowned when a packed boat capsized in international waters south of Italy's Sicily island on Saturday night, media reports said on Sunday. A Portuguese merchant ship, transiting through the area,…