Hawaii has become the first US state to file a suit against President Donald Trump’s revised travel order. Its attorney general says the new version is fundamentally the same as the first, calling it “Muslim Ban 2.0”. The directive, which…
Category: Migration
PM seeks Indonesia’s help to repatriate Rohingyas
Terming the Myanmar refugee crisis a big problem, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the Indonesian government to play a role in repatriating the Myanmar refugees from Bangladesh. “The Myanmar refugee issue is a big problem for Bangladesh and…
A world without borders: Richer, fairer, and more free
By Nathan Smith Across the West today, a rising populist right is blaming established elites for letting in too many immigrants. The immigrants, the populists complain, lower wages, dilute the local culture, and pose a threat to national security. But…
Violence against Rohingyas more extensive than speculated: UN
The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar Yanghee Lee on Monday said the magnitude of violence that Rohingya families have witnessed and experienced is far more extensive than she had originally speculated. Speaking at the end…
Woman deported to Singapore despite 27-year marriage
A woman who has been married to a British man for 27 years has been deported to Singapore. Irene Clennel was being held in a Scottish detention centre, but has now told the BBC she has been sent back to…
Expanding US Fast-Track Deportations a Disastrous Idea
A US Department of Homeland Security memo implementing one of President Donald Trump’s executive orders on immigration exponentially expands the number of people subject to fast-track deportation, or expedited removal. It is likely to speed up the pace of removals…
PM seeks int’l support to relocate Rohingyas
Munich (Germany), Feb 18 – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday sought support from the international community, including Germany, to temporarily relocate illegal Myanmar nationals living in Bangladesh to Thengar Char in Noakhali for providing them with all sorts of…
Project to help workers resularise their status in Bahrain
A pilot project aimed at helping thousands of undocumented workers in Bahrain regularise their status will be launched in April, according to a senior official.
How warming could turn many plants, animals into climate refugees
Finding the optimum environment and avoiding uninhabitable conditions has been a challenge faced by species throughout the history of life on Earth. But as the climate changes, many plants and animals are likely to find their favoured home much less…
Myanmar says army ends operation in troubled Rakhine state
Myanmar’s national security adviser says the military has ended its four-month counterinsurgency operation in troubled Rakhine state, where it had been accused of rape, torture and other abuses against Muslim Rohingya minority residents.
EU-BD to raise awareness on irregular migration risks
Dhaka – The Eurpean Union and Bangladesh have agreed to launch an information and awareness raising campaign on the risks of irregular migration. A workshop in this regard will be held in Dhaka on 28 February next. This has been…
‘No ocean wide enough, no fence high enough’
Rome, 14 February – Describing rural development as a “moral obligation,” Kanayo F. Nwanze, President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), made his final appeal to governments on behalf of poor rural people across the globe at today’s…
The Trump Deportation Regime Has Begun
Early Thursday, immigration attorneys in Los Angeles started getting calls from clients across the city. Some callers reported being picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at their homes. Others were caught at their workplaces, including one man…
Qatar approves draft law for domestic workers
Doha, Qatar: Qatar has approved a draft law which would provide legal protection for tens of thousands of female domestic workers for the first time, according to state media.
Rohingyas to be shifted to protect Cox’s Bazar: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar who entered Bangladesh illegally will be rehabilitated to Thengarchar in Hatiya for protecting the beach town of Cox’s Bazar. “The Rohingyas will be rehabilitated to…
Hundreds NZ whales refloat on high, go to sea
More than 200 whales stranded on a remote beach in New Zealand on Saturday have refloated themselves and returned to sea. But conservation officials have warned that they could still turn back to the beach at Farewell Spit, South Island.…
Genocide or not, unacceptable: British HC
Dhaka, Feb 10 – The British, Canadian and Australian high commissioners in Dhaka have been left shaken by harrowing tales of violence and suffering they heard from Rohingya refugees in a registered camp in Kutupalong of Cox’s Bazaar.
UK has sullied its proud history of helping child refugees
A statue of five young children, gathered around their suitcases and looking a little lost, sits outside London’s Liverpool Street Station. It’s a gift to the people of Britain on behalf of the children of Kindertransport, the rescue effort that…
Trump loses appeal against immigration ban suspension
Federal appeals court unanimously votes against reinstatement of immigration ban Keegan Hamilton on Feb 9, 2017 A federal appeals court declined to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries on Thursday, potentially setting the stage for…
Rohingyas: Refugee Camp narrative of hope, despair
Abu Raihan MuammedKhalid This is a story of the most unfortunate people of our time. Their own country rejects them. The country they came in denies them. This is a story of the Rohingya refugees living in Kutupalong Refugee Camp…
US keen to know more about Rohingya relocation plan
US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat on Thursday said they need to know a lot more details about government’s proposal to relocate Rohingyas to Hatiya. “We asked lot of questions about the proposal because we are asked to support the…
Reject Rohingya Refugee Relocation Plan: HRW
The Bangladeshi government should immediately drop its plan to transfer Rohingya refugees to an uninhabited, undeveloped coastal island, Human Rights Watch said today. Relocating the refugees from the Cox’s Bazar area to Thengar Char island would deprive them of their…
Dhaka briefs envoys on Rohingya situation
Foreign Minister Mr. A H Mahmood Ali, MP, briefed the members of the diplomatic community on the situation of Myanmar refugees and undocumented Myanmar nationals at the State Guest House Padma today. About 60 (sixty) Ambassadors/High Commissioners / Heads of…
UN Secretary General urges lifting of Trump’s US travel ban
Geneva, 2 Feb (Kanaga Raja) – The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who took office in January, in a reference to US President Donald Trump’s Executive Order that suspends the entire US refugee program as well as bars nationals from seven…
Mahmood Ali praises BDRC for service to Rohingya
Dhaka – Minister of Foreign Affairs Abul Hasan Mahmood Ali on monday praised Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS)’s role for aiding Rohingya refugees in the country.
Bangladesh hit by refugee crisis, says PM
Describing the refugee crisis as a global problem, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday said Bangladesh has also been hit by it due to the intrusion of Myanmar nationals into the country. She made the remarks when German MPs Hans-Peter…
Trump: US will win appeal of judge’s travel ban order
US President Donald Trump said the Justice Department will win an appeal filed late Saturday of a judge’s order lifting a travel ban he had imposed on citizens of seven mainly Muslim countries. “We’ll win. For the safety of the…
‘Island chosen for Rohingya refugees uninhabited, flooded’
The island where Bangladesh is shifting Rohingya refugees from Myanmar is a desolate landscape without buildings or human habitation, reports Reuters. According to the Reuters report titled ‘Pirates, cyclones and mud: Bangladesh’s island solution to Rohingya crisis’ published Friday, the…
EU leaders in Malta, hoping to curb African migration
European Union leaders meet on Malta on Friday to endorse plans they hope can forestall a new wave spring of migrants sailing for Italy from Africa, but aware that anarchy in Libya means any quick fix is a long shot.…
Trump’s entry ban – linked to the Neo-Con agenda
By Chandra Muzaffar President Donald Trump’s ban on nationals from 7 Muslim majority countries in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) entering the United States of America for a period of 90 days has brought to the fore the role…