Illegal Migrants

US To Hit Mexico With Tariffs Over 'Illegal Migrants': Donald Trump

World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday May 31, 2019

Washington will impose a five percent tariff on all goods from Mexico starting June 10, a measure that will last until "illegal migrants" stop coming through the country into the US, President Donald Trump said Thursday.

Rise In Delhi Crime Due To Illegal Migrants, Need For Citizens List: BJP's Manoj Tiwari

Delhi News | Pres Trust of India | Sunday May 19, 2019

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari on Saturday said a National Register of Citizens (NRC) exercise is needed to expel illegal migrants from the national capital.

US Sentences Indian To 5 Years In Jail For Smuggling Illegal Immigrants

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Wednesday April 24, 2019

A 61-year-old Indian has been jailed for five years in the US over charges of illegally helping foreigners, including a majority of Indians, enter into the country, the US Department of Justice has said.

Stop Flow Of Illegal Migrants Or Face Car Tariffs: Donald Trump To Mexico

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday April 4, 2019

President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to impose car import tariffs on Mexico if it doesn't do more to stop the flow of undocumented migrants and drug smuggling at the US border.

Assam Citizens' List Chief Alleges Efforts To Include Illegal Migrants

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhary | Saturday October 27, 2018

The coordinator for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, Prateek Hajela, has alleged that there are attempts to include illegal migrants in the list. The NRC authorities had decided to drop five key papers from the list of 15 documents through which a person could file their claims for inclusion in the citizens' register.

13 Illegal Migrants From Bangladesh Arrested In Mathura

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday September 28, 2018

Thirteen illegal migrants from Bangladesh, including five children, were taken into custody today at a village near Mathura, police said

Five Illegal Sikh Migrants Released From Sheridan Federal Prison in US

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 23, 2018

Five illegal Sikh migrants are among eight others asylum seekers who have been released on bond from a prison in the US state of Oregon where they were locked up for three months after getting caught in the Trump administration's controversial "zero-tolerance" policy, immigration lawyers have said.

Teacher Working On Assam Citizens List Declared Illegal Migrant, Detained

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 16, 2018

A government school teacher, who was involved in the National Register of Citizens or NRC exercise in Assam, was detained after it was found that he was declared an illegal Bangladeshi migrant by the Gauhati High Court in June, the police said today.

25 Lakh Hindus Among 40 Lakh Left Out Of Assam List, Says Mamata Banerjee

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday August 14, 2018

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today launched a scathing attack on the BJP over Assam's citizen's list, claiming 25 lakh Hindus and 13 lakh Muslims have been left out of the list, all of whom happen to speak Bengali. She also targeted the BJP over demands that the Assam formula be applied to weed out illegal migrants from other states.

Arunachal Students' Union Wants "Illegal Migrants" Ousted In 15 Days

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 2, 2018

Three days after the complete draft of National Register of Citizens was published in Assam, the top students' body in Arunachal Pradesh today asked "undocumented migrants" to leave the state within 15 days.

Check Points Come Up In Meghalaya To Keep Assam "Rejects" At Bay

India News | Reported by Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Friday August 3, 2018

Fearing an influx of what they are terming as National Register of Citizens (NRC) rejects from Assam into Meghalaya, the Khasi Students' Union (KSU) set up check points along the highway and border to keep "illegal migrants" away. Travellers from across the border are being stopped and asked about their citizenship status by KSU activists.

"If Asked, My Parents Would Also Fail To Prove Identity": Mamata Banerjee

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday August 1, 2018

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today questioned why the government was focusing on illegal migrants from Bangladesh, when India hosts a sizeable population from neighbouring Nepal. Illegal migration, the Chief Minister pointed out, is not an isolated or one-time issue or even one that only involves Bangladesh.

"No Relation With Us": Bangladesh On Illegal Immigrants In Assam

India News | ANI | Wednesday August 1, 2018

With the final draft of Assam's National Registry of Citizens (NRC) sparking a nationwide debate over the exclusion of over four million people, Bangladesh on Tuesday said that linking illegal migrants with the country was incorrect.

One Dead, 18 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Malaysia

World News | Agence France-Presse | Monday July 2, 2018

One person died and 18 others were missing after a boat carrying dozens of Indonesian illegal migrants capsized in the South China Sea off the Malaysian coast, officials said Monday.

Illegal Migrant Parents Coming To US Will No Longer Be Prosecuted: Report

World News | Agence France-Presse | Tuesday June 26, 2018

The director of US border control has said migrant parents crossing in from Mexico illegally will for now no longer be referred for prosecution, US media reported, effectively suspending a key plank of the "zero tolerance" policy.