Migrants

UK PM Rishi Sunak's leadership of the governing Conservative Party is facing turmoil on Thursday after a bruising Cabinet resignation and open attacks by backbenchers over his government's controversial policy to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda.

Britain's ruling Conservative party was in disarray Wednesday after its immigration minister quit over legislation regarding sending migrants to Rwanda as hardliners turned the screw on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to nominate two members from the Kashmiri migrant community and one representing the displaced persons from PoK to the legislative assembly.

The bodies of four Moroccan migrants were discovered near their boat on the southern coast of Spain on Wednesday, a police source told AFP.

Finland's prime minister said Tuesday the country will shut its last border crossing with Russia, following an influx of migrants which Helsinki claims is a hybrid attack orchestrated by Moscow.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday took a strong stance in favour of skilled migrant workers in a key speech at the Global Investment Summit here amid mounting pressure on his government to bring down soaring immigration statistics.

Finland has temporarily closed all but one of its eight passenger crossings to Russia in response to an unusually high inflow of migrants for which the Nordic country accuses Moscow.

A migrant worker from West Bengal was on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to 10 years in jail for sexually assaulting two minor girls in this north Kerala district last year.

Former US President Donald Trump visited Texas near the US-Mexico border on Sunday and attacked the Biden administration over his 'anti-migrant' rhetoric, calling the US borders the "most unsafe" in the history of the world, CNN reported.

Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to launch a major operation to evict thousands of illegal Afghans from the provincial capital Peshawar, a senior official said on Saturday.

According to the report, there has been a 50 percent increase in the migration of blue-collar workers from India to the GCC in the first seven months of 2023.

Finland will close four of the nine crossing points on its border with Russia to stem a flow of asylum seekers to the Nordic nation, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Thursday.

Britain on Thursday said a new treaty to send migrants to Rwanda could be ready for ratification "within days" after a court blocked an earlier and controversial agreement as unlawful.

The plan involved deporting migrants entering the UK in small boats and dinghies to Rwanda in East Africa.

Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the government's scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful, dealing a crushing blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before an election expected next year.

UK PM Rishi Sunak's leadership of the governing Conservative Party is facing turmoil on Thursday after a bruising Cabinet resignation and open attacks by backbenchers over his government's controversial policy to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda.

Britain's ruling Conservative party was in disarray Wednesday after its immigration minister quit over legislation regarding sending migrants to Rwanda as hardliners turned the screw on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to nominate two members from the Kashmiri migrant community and one representing the displaced persons from PoK to the legislative assembly.

The bodies of four Moroccan migrants were discovered near their boat on the southern coast of Spain on Wednesday, a police source told AFP.

Finland's prime minister said Tuesday the country will shut its last border crossing with Russia, following an influx of migrants which Helsinki claims is a hybrid attack orchestrated by Moscow.

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday took a strong stance in favour of skilled migrant workers in a key speech at the Global Investment Summit here amid mounting pressure on his government to bring down soaring immigration statistics.

Finland has temporarily closed all but one of its eight passenger crossings to Russia in response to an unusually high inflow of migrants for which the Nordic country accuses Moscow.

A migrant worker from West Bengal was on Tuesday convicted and sentenced to 10 years in jail for sexually assaulting two minor girls in this north Kerala district last year.

Former US President Donald Trump visited Texas near the US-Mexico border on Sunday and attacked the Biden administration over his 'anti-migrant' rhetoric, calling the US borders the "most unsafe" in the history of the world, CNN reported.

Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has decided to launch a major operation to evict thousands of illegal Afghans from the provincial capital Peshawar, a senior official said on Saturday.

According to the report, there has been a 50 percent increase in the migration of blue-collar workers from India to the GCC in the first seven months of 2023.

Finland will close four of the nine crossing points on its border with Russia to stem a flow of asylum seekers to the Nordic nation, Prime Minister Petteri Orpo said on Thursday.

Britain on Thursday said a new treaty to send migrants to Rwanda could be ready for ratification "within days" after a court blocked an earlier and controversial agreement as unlawful.

The plan involved deporting migrants entering the UK in small boats and dinghies to Rwanda in East Africa.

Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the government's scheme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful, dealing a crushing blow to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak before an election expected next year.