LONDON: A shady network of immigration advisers in the UK is charging migrants from Pakistan and Bangladesh thousands of pounds to pretend they are gay in order to get asylum.BBC undercover reporters posed as students from Pakistan and Bangladesh whose visas were expiring but had no genuine basis to claim asylum. They unearthed how immigration … Read more
Survivors tell authorities the bodies of those who died were thrown overboard by people smugglers. Published On 28 Mar 202628 Mar 2026 At least 22 migrants died off the coast of Greece after six days at sea in a rubber boat, rekindling attention on the risks people take to cross to Europe despite tighter restrictions. … Read more
Spain will provide a legal pathway for residency for migrants already living in the country. Spain’s government will grant legal status to undocumented migrants currently living in the country. The decree, passed after years of grassroots campaigning, will potentially impact about 500,000 migrants and comes in stark contrast to the anti-immigration sentiment in other EU … Read more
By Mateusz Jaronski & Jan Bolanowski & Paweł Głogowski Published on 13/12/2025 – 6:15 GMT+1 Polish Border Guard officers have revealed the illegal crossing of the Polish-Belarusian border by more than 180 foreigners. The migrants had entered Polish territory through a tunnel dug under a dam near Narewka in the Podlasie region. Thanks to integrated electronic systems, border … Read more
Libyan Red Crescent says it rescued 91 migrants and asylum seekers from Bangladesh, Sudan and Egypt. Published On 16 Nov 202516 Nov 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share At least four people have been killed when two boats carrying migrants and asylum seekers capsized off Libya’s coast, according to the Libyan … Read more
Pope Leo XIV called for “deep reflection” in the United States about the treatment of migrants held in detention, saying that “many people who have lived for years and years and years, never causing problems, have been deeply affected by what is going on right now.” The Chicago-born pope was responding Tuesday to a range … Read more
What does the Dominican Republic’s crackdown on Haitian refugees and migrants reveal about the story of two neighbours? The Dominican Republic has deported nearly 150,000 people it claims are of Haitian descent since October 2024. Many of them are unaccompanied minors or people born in the Dominican Republic but stripped of citizenship in 2013. While … Read more
The stipend will cost less than an actual deportation, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The administration of US President Donald Trump says it is going to pay $1,000 to undocumented immigrants in the United States who return to their home countries voluntarily as it pushes forward with its plans for mass deportations. The … Read more
Nearly 100 migrants, recently deported by the United States to Panama where they had been locked in a hotel, were loaded onto buses Tuesday night and moved to a detention camp on the outskirts of the jungle, several of the migrants said. It is unclear how long the group, which was deported under the Trump … Read more
Nearly a week after the United States sent roughly 300 migrants from around the world to Panama on military deportation flights, officials in Panama said on Tuesday that more than 170 had agreed to be deported to their countries of origin. The migrants are illegal U.S. border crossers whose countries of origin — mainly in … Read more