Italian prosecutors seek to indict Bank of China, 297 people

Last Updated: Sunday, June 21, 2015, 19:10

Italian prosecutors are seeking to indict 297 people and the Bank of China in connection with a massive money-laundering investigation reported earlier this month.

Barack Obama vows to fight immigration ruling

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 17, 2015, 22:03

US President Barack Obama`s tactic of using executive orders to bypass a hostile Congress and drive through controversial immigration reform has run into legal trouble.

Israel orders migrants to new detention facility

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 06:48

An Israeli official says authorities have begun ordering hundreds of African migrants to report to a new detention center in the country`s southern desert while it seeks to find them a place to settle.

Hollande defends France`s controversial Roma eviction policy

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 15, 2014, 07:32

President Francois Hollande defended France`s policy of evicting Roma migrants from temporary camps, after a report said a record number were kicked out of the often squalid settlements last year.

Italy rescues 200 migrants from rickety boat in Mediterranean

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 00:20

The Italian navy said on Saturday it had rescued 200 migrants, including women and children, attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean by boat in rough winter seas.

Thousands of African migrants protest Israel detention policy

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 15:02

Thousands of African migrants, many holding banners demanding freedom for compatriots jailed by Israel, protested on Sunday in a Tel Aviv square against a new open-ended detention law which allows migrants to be sent to a desert prison.

Over 30,000 African migrants protest in Israel: Police

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 00:34

More than 30,000 African asylum seekers who entered Israel illegally protested in Tel Aviv on Sunday, police said, in the biggest rally ever staged by migrants in the Jewish state.

Italian Navy rescues 233 migrants south of Sicily

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 16:48

Sea arrivals to Italy from Northern Africa more than tripled in 2013, fuelled by refugees from Syria`s civil war and political strife in the Horn of Africa.

Haitian migrants` boat collapse: Police end search for survivors

Last Updated: Friday, December 27, 2013, 11:47

Officials in the Turks and Caicos islands shifted their focus on Thursday from rescue efforts to determining what caused a boat packed with Haitian migrants to capsize, killing 17 people as the boat was being towed to port in the British Caribbean territory.

APMCC seeks Congress` help for passage of Kashmir temple Bill

Last Updated: Thursday, December 26, 2013, 19:03

All Parties Migrants Coordination Committee (APMCC) organisation of Kashmiri Pandits met Congress minister Sham Lal Sharma and sought passage of Kashmir Temples and Shrines Management Bill.

Italy transfers migrants from scandal-hit centre

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 17:15

Italy on Tuesday transferred migrants from a centre on the tiny island of Lampedusa at the heart of a controversy over unsanitary conditions and mistreatment, as protests continued in other facilities.

Mexico shatters crime ring that preyed on Asian migrants

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 12:18

Four North Africans held in a migrant centre on the outskirts of Rome have sewn their lips together in protest at their lengthy detention, Italian news agency ANSA reported today.