Over 2 cr illegal immigrants living in India: Govt

Last Updated: Thursday, May 13, 2010, 15:24

Over two crore illegal immigrants are living in India, most of whom are from the sub-continent, the Government said Thursday.

US authorities nab 17 in search for deputy`s attackers

Last Updated: Sunday, May 2, 2010, 09:06

Authorities have captured 17 suspected illegal immigrants in southern Arizona as they continued their manhunt on Saturday for smugglers who they say shot and wounded a sheriff`s deputy.

Arizona deputy shot; illegal immigrants suspected

Last Updated: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 15:15

A veteran sheriff`s deputy was shot and wounded after encountering a group of suspected illegal immigrants who apparently had been hauling bales of marijuana along a major smuggling corridor in the Arizona desert.

Over 100 immigrants arrested near Mexico border

Last Updated: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 13:46

US Border Patrol personnel have arrested 105 immigrants near the Mexico-Arizona border, officials said.

Over a million illegal immigrants in UK: Report

Last Updated: Monday, April 26, 2010, 12:17

A study carried out by the British think tank Migrationwatch has claimed that over a million illegal immigrants are living in the country.

Five people from Myanmar arrested from Agartala

Last Updated: Sunday, April 11, 2010, 17:37

Five people from Myanmar, including four women, were arrested for illegally entering Indian territory from Bangladesh, police said on Sunday.

Illegal immigrants granted ‘squatters` rights’ to remain in Britain

Last Updated: Sunday, February 21, 2010, 13:28

Thousands of illegal immigrants have won “squatters` rights” to remain in Britain permanently after managing to avoid deportation for 14 years under a little known rule.

Two lakh Indians live illegally in US: Report

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 11:13

In 2009, India accounted for the third highest increase in the number of illegal immigrants in the US in ten years, according to a new government report, though only two percent of all illegal immigrants were Indians.

Israel to build barrier along Egypt border

Last Updated: Monday, January 11, 2010, 09:19

The Israeli government on Sunday approved the construction of a barrier along the border with Egypt in a bid to curb the infiltration of illegal immigrants, a government official said.

Canada to release one of 76 detained Sri Lankan Tamils

Last Updated: Sunday, October 25, 2009, 09:13

A Canadian court has ordered release of a Sri Lankan Tamil who was among 76 migrants detained for illegally sailing into country`s waters off the Pacific coast a week ago, local media reported.

Boat sinks off Malaysia, 60 rescued

Last Updated: Saturday, September 19, 2009, 12:58

Police rescued 60 illegal immigrants whose overcrowded boat sank near Malaysia as they tried to return to Indonesia for a holiday marking the end of the Muslim holy month, an official said on Saturday.