As the impact of US President Donald Trump’s new immigration rules is being felt by tens of thousands of people in the US and around the world, two bold voices have emerged from the US against the same. Acting Attorney…
Category: Migration
Citizenship key to have better situation in Rakhine: Commission
The visiting delegation of the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State on Tuesday said providing citizenship to and ensuring the dignity of Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine State is the key to have a better situation there. “Yes, this is the key…
Dhaka ‘pushes on with Rohingya island plan’
Critics call plan to relocate Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to 6,000-acre island “terrible”. Bangladesh is pushing ahead with a controversial plan to relocate tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to a remote island despite warnings it is uninhabitable…
Immigration order: US Acting Attorney General sacked
Trump fires acting attorney general Sally Q. Yates for refusing to defend immigration order President Donald Trump fired the acting attorney general late Monday night following her public declaration that the department would not legally defend the president’s controversial immigration…
US: Trump Delivers Blow to Refugees
United States President Donald Trump has announced several policies that will cause tremendous harm to refugees and do little to address terrorism and other national security threats, Human Rights Watch said today. In an executive order signed on January 27,…
US says green card holders exempted from travel ban
Washington, Jan 30 – President Donald Trump’s administration stressed Sunday that permanent residents get a reprieve from his ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries, after the order triggered confusion over its implementation.
British PM does ‘not agree’ with Trump immigration policy
London, Jan 29, – British Prime Minister Theresa May does “not agree” with the restrictions on immigration imposed by US President Donald Trump and will intervene if they affect UK nationals, Downing Street said Sunday.
NYC airport becomes scene of anguish after Trump travel ban
New York, Jan 29 (AP/UNB)— New York City’s Kennedy airport became a scene of anguish and desperation Saturday for the families of people detained after arriving in the U.S. from nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
US judge bars deportations under Trump travel ban
Washington, Jan 29 (AP/UNB) — A federal judge issued an emergency order Saturday night temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
UN agencies urge Trump to allow refugees entry
The United Nations refugee agency and International Organization for Migration (IOM) called on the Trump administration on Saturday to continue offering asylum to people fleeing war and persecution, saying its resettlement programme was vital.US President Donald Trump on Friday put…
Dhaka works hard to facilitate safe, orderly migration
Dhaka, Jan 24 – State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam on Tuesday said Bangladesh has been working hard to facilitate safe, orderly and regular migration worldwide under an effective and coherent governance structure.
Filipino workers call for ban to recruitment fees
The Public Services Labor Independent Confederation (PSLINK) is calling on President Rodrigo R. Duterte to abolish all types of recruitment fees being asked from workers who want to work abroad. PSLINK, which now has 387 members, is a national confederation…
Statelessness a global problem: Shirin
Dhaka – Chairperson of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) Executive Committee Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury on Monday said statelessness is a global problem, not a single country one.
Palestinian killed in Israeli home demolition
Four other Palestinians wounded as Israeli police conduct demolition raid in the Negev desert village of Um Al Hiran.
Serbian Police: You are not allowed to feed refugees!
I have just come back from Serbia, says Czech activist Eva Zahradníčková. We were in Horgos. This is the place where people live in shelters made of rags. We talked to UNHCR people there. They told us that women and…
Donald Trump says Merkel made ‘catastrophic mistake’ on migrants
US President-elect Donald Trump has said German Chancellor Angela Merkel made “one very catastrophic mistake” by admitting more than 1m migrants.He said Mrs Merkel was by far Europe’s most important leader, and that the EU had become a vehicle for…
Myanmar Muslims hope UN envoy’s visit will bring change
Kyee Kan Pyin — Muslim villagers in western Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state said Sunday that they hope positive change will result from a U.N. envoy’s visit to the region, where soldiers are accused of widespread abuses against minority Muslims, including…
About 100 migrants missing as boat sinks off Libyan coast
About 100 migrant passengers are missing in the Mediterranean Sea after their boat sank off the coast of Libya. The Italian coastguard, which is conducting a search, said eight bodies had been recovered from the water, and four people had…
US visa-free residency for Cubans ends
President Barack Obama has ended the longstanding policy that grants residency to Cubans who arrive in the US without visas. The 20-year-old policy allows Cuban migrants who reach US soil to become legal permanent residents after a year.
8 lakh workers to be sent abroad in 2017: minister
Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Nurul Islam today said Bangladesh will send about eight lakh workers abroad this year.”The main objective of sending workers abroad is to continue the present trend of overseas employment as well as attaining the…
The next migrant wave
Stephen Groff Manila – Imagine that you are a farmer. Your crops are withering as weather patterns become more volatile, your well water is too salty to drink, and rice is too expensive to buy at the market. So, you…
Trump may want to study how Obama made FEMA great again
As the agency’s lauded director steps down, Trump must carefully consider a replacement “Fugate, don’t fuck this up,” President Obama said. It was days before the 2012 presidential election, and all eyes were on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Director…
Myanmar envoy due Jan 11: Bangladesh ready to talk
Dhaka – Bangladesh is ready to discuss with Myanmar the Rohingya issue to find out a solution to it as Myanmar is sending a special envoy. The envoy is likely to arrive here on January 11. “We want solution to…
Workers get jail, flogging over Saudi unpaid wage unrest
Riyadh – Dozens of foreign workers have been sentenced to flogging and jail for unrest during protests over unpaid wages by Saudi Binladin Group several months ago, reports said on Tuesday. Al-Watan newspaper and Arab News did not give the…
Armless Syrian boy thrives in US, hopes family can join him
Ahmad Alkhalaf has had a busy year.He attended Democratic President Barack Obama’s final State of the Union address as a special guest of a congressman. He learned to bike and rollerblade, took martial arts and gymnastics classes and spent his…
Remittance flow falls despite rise in labour migration: Study
Despite a marked rise in the country’s lobour migration this year, its remittance flow has declined by about 11 percent compared to the previous year, says a new study.The study, which was carried out by the Refugee and Migratory Movements…
Palestine’s Hamas lauds, Israel rejects UN vote against settlements
Palestine’s Hamas movement has welcomed the Security Council vote demanding a halt to Israeli settlements in the occupied territory. Israel rejected the measure, which was approved after the US refrained from vetoing it. Hamas, which governs Gaza, said Saturday the…
5,000 migrants drowned in Mediterranean this year: UN
A total of 5,000 boat migrants drowned in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe this year, the highest annual total yet, the United Nations said on Friday.The latest figures, released by the UN’s refugee agency, include 100 deaths reported on…
For a comprehensive national policy on migration
GreenWatch NewsDesk The Malaysian Migrant Workers Right to Redress Coalition has recently prepared a set of recommendations for the preparation of a comprehensive national poolicy on labour migration in their country. The recommemndations are based on consultations with stakeholders organised…
15,000 flee into China as Myanmar’s battles ethnic rebels: UN
Up to 15,000 people may have fled across Myanmar’s border into China in the past month, a United Nations agency has said, as fighting between Myanmar’s army and ethnic armed groups intensifies.Aid access to people affected by conflict in the…