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EU leaders will agree on Thursday to take in 40,000 asylum-seekers from Italy and Greece to confront a growing migrant crisis in the Mediterranean but delay a decision on how to share them out, according to a draft final summit statement.
Last Updated: Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 08:34
The World Bank has said India continues to be the leading nation in remittances pulling in USD 70 billion from its global migrant workforce in 2014.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 01:32
The UN refugee agency has urged Greece to investigate the deaths of at least two migrants including a child in the Aegean Sea after allegations that the coastguard shares blame in the tragedy.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 00:18
Singapore denied that a riot last month by South Asian migrant workers in the city-state was triggered by discontent over their wages and living conditions.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 04:10
Over half of Swiss voters oppose a controversial plan by right-wing populists to reimpose immigration quotas for European Union citizens, a poll showed Friday ahead of a referendum.
Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 16:48
Maldivian authorities have started to fine firms that employ undocumented expatriate workers, media reports said here Friday.
Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 16:58
Seeking to promote the welfare of "vulnerable migrant workers" from India, Nepal and Pakistan to the Gulf countries, the ILO and EU today launched a joint 2.41 million euros project here.
Last Updated: Friday, December 20, 2013, 14:20
Over 600 migrant workers, including 170 children, were rescued in Odisha in a crackdown launched after the brutal torture of two labourers in the state three days ago, an official said on Friday.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 18:29
Singapore on Tuesday said 52 Indians will be deported and it will pursue criminal charges against 28 alleged rioters who actively participated in the country`s worst outbreak of violence in over 40 years, sending a tough message to trouble-makers.
Last Updated: Monday, November 18, 2013, 20:30
Amnesty International urged Qatar to end abuse of migrants working on football World Cup infrastructure, as it issued a report Monday citing cases in which they were referred to as "animals".
Last Updated: Tuesday, November 5, 2013, 19:30
Dal Khalsa said Parkash Singh Badal`s move to provide sops to migrant labourers amply demonstrated he was playing vote bank politics.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 16:32
Some 224 people complained to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), but in a ruling today the watchdog said the campaign "was unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence or distress".
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