Immigrants

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Sikh couple's shame: U.S. court unveils horrors of exploitation and abuse on young relative. (AA File Image)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Global migration & India: Crisis will only get worse

Amid Ayodhya celebrations, a disturbing tale of exploitation unfolds: a Sikh couple's abuse of a migrant relative revealed in US court

03 Feb 2024 12:48 AM

Cover photo of 'The Past is Never Dead' by Ujjal Dosanjh. (Photo by arrangement)

Book Review | Politician’s debut flags caste in Sikh diaspora

The novel examines ways of configuring human relationships with empathy and kindness.

23 Jul 2023 12:14 AM

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. File Photo: AP/PTI

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | Rishi, Suella fuel ‘outsider’ fears to remain in power?

The spectacle of two ethnic Indian politicians swearing to keep out foreign migrants isn’t modern Britain’s only inconsistency

07 Jun 2023 12:05 AM

Google CEO Sundar Pichai disappointed with Donald Trump’s foreign work visa suspension. (PTI Photo)

"Disappointed" says Google CEO Sundar Pichai on H1-B visa ban

Pichai said he would stand with immigrants and work to expand opportunity for all

23 Jun 2020 1:23 PM

US citizen wait to check in on a humanitarian flight towards Fort Lauderdale at Tocumen international airport in Panama City. (AFP)

US to temporarily ban immigrant visas including H-1B

Nearly 500,000 migrant workers are employed in the US in the H-1B status

09 May 2020 8:44 AM

Ken Cuccinelli, acting Director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services. (Photo: AFP)

US to deny green card, citizenship to immigrants who use public benefits

78 per cent of households headed by non-citizen with no more than high school education use at least one welfare program.

13 Aug 2019 7:33 AM

At least 62 Europe-bound migrants were rescued by Libyan Coast Guards off the country's Western Coast, the Anti-Illegal Immigration Agency has said. (Photo: ANI/ Representational Image)

62 migrants rescued off Libya's western coast

The country has been largely divided into two factions ever since the death of its dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

04 Aug 2019 11:23 AM

ety Perez fell to her haunches, a clenched hand covering her face as she wept, an arm clutching her small six-year-old son, who glared defiantly at the Mexican National Guard soldier blocking them from crossing into the United States. (Representational Image)

Heartbreaking photo captures mother, son pleading soldier to let them enter US

Lopez Obrador's spokesman Jesus Ramirez said the image was an example of the National Guard doing its job of looking after public security.

26 Jul 2019 9:49 AM

'It is a very good question. The NRC is part of the Assam Accord and was also in (BJP's) election manifesto based on which the government has come to power. The government will identify illegal immigrants living on every inch of the country's soil and will deport them as per the international law,' Shah said in the Upper House.

Centre will identify illegal immigrants, deport them: Amit Shah

NRC is being updated under the strict monitoring of SC in Assam and July 31 has been set as a deadline for final registered data.

17 Jul 2019 4:07 PM

At present, nearly one million Rohingyas are forced to take shelter in Bangladesh after Myanmar's army, responding to attacks by an armed group, launched a brutal campaign against the Muslim minorities in the Rakhine state in 2017. (Photo: ANI)

65 Rohingyas found stranded in southern Thailand

Rohingyas, who belong to the Rakhine state in Myanmar, have been facing extreme persecution by authorities and majority Buddhists.

12 Jun 2019 5:57 PM

The country has been largely divided into two factions ever since the death of its dictator Muammar Gaddafi. (Photo:ANI/Representational)

2 bodies retrieved from boat off Libya's coast; 73 migrants rescued

In recent years, thousands of migrants have lost their lives after undertaking dangerous sea travel on overcrowded rubber boats.

03 Jun 2019 9:13 AM

Democrats quickly dismissed the plan as a "non-starter." (Photo:File)

Trump celebrates new citizens in Oval Office ceremony

President Donald Trump used music and pageantry to welcome the five newest members of our great American family.

20 Jan 2019 12:51 PM

The apex students’ body, which launched the drive on August 17, also had a discussion with the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and apprised them about their drive. (Photo: ANI)

2,200 ‘illegals’ detected in Arunachal, asked to leave

It said without ILP, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) can only partially safeguard the indigenous people.

21 Aug 2018 4:35 AM

Anti-Terrorism Squad Officials said that all the accused persons work as labourers at construction sites.(Photo: PTI)

ATS arrests two more Bangla terror suspects

ATS officials till now claim to have busted two sleeper cells and arrested nine accused persons.

20 Mar 2018 2:17 AM

Donald Trump on Friday recited the lyrics of a song seen as anti-immigration called 'The Snake' to drive home his point about restricting immigration. (Photo: File)

Trump recites anti-immigrant ‘Snake’ song during speech

‘The Snake,’ is a ballad by Al Wilson about a reptile who repays a ‘tender woman’ that nurses it back to health with a deadly bite.

24 Feb 2018 12:17 PM

The house, described as a “slum”, was divided into seven bedrooms on the ground floor, two on the first floor and crammed with as many as five people per room for rents between 40 and 75 pounds per week. (Photo: AFP | Representational)

UK: Indian-origin owners found guilty of renting out 'slum' house to 40

The occupants had just two bathrooms to share between them and the fire exits were all blocked, causing a safety hazard.

27 Jan 2018 8:37 PM

EU survey finds Muslims willing to embrace non-Muslims

Although more than half said they had felt discriminated against when they looked for housing because of their names.

21 Sep 2017 9:50 AM

Illegal immigrants file into BC facility in Tucson. (Photo: AP)

US: Immigrants look for guardians in wake of deportation speculations

According to a study, there are about 5 mn children under the age of 18 are living with at least one parent who is in the country illegally.

04 Mar 2017 9:22 AM

Indian IT professionals account for the largest number of foreign nationals coming to the US on H-1B visas.

US softens visa stance, may help Indian professionals

Indians also form a significantly large number of foreign workers coming to the US as scientists, doctors, engineers.

02 Mar 2017 7:09 AM

Germany: 3500 attacks against refugee shelters injured 560 including 43 children in 2016

In 2015 there were just over 1,000 criminal acts against refugee shelters while in 2014, there were only 199 such cases.

26 Feb 2017 8:32 PM

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