REFUGEES

Italy Arrests Pro-Refugee Mayor Known Internationally for Calling for Migrant Integration

Italy’s new government is sticking to its electoral promise of clamping down on illegal immigration and asylum claims landing on its shores. In its latest move, the mayor of an Italian town has been put under house arrest for 'aiding illegal migration'.

1,600 Refugees Have Died Crossing the Mediterranean Sea in 2018: UN

The UN refugee agency has warned in a report that for every 18 asylum seekers that landed on Europe’s shore, one has died while trying to cross the Mediterranean in the first seven months of 2018.

Buddhists, Jains Are Refugees Too, Only Hindus Are Not, Says BJP Leader Rupa Ganguly

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rupa Ganguly on Tuesday said that apart from Hindus, all other religious identities were refugees in India.

Refugees Coming to India From 'Tamil Nadu', Says Kiren Rijiju in Lok Sabha, Corrects Error After Uproar; Watch Video

Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju had a slip of tongue moment in Lok Sabha on Tuesday, where he called the people of Tamil Nadu 'refugees'.

NRC of Assam Missing Names: BJP MLA Ramakant Deori, Retired Army Man Mohd Azmal Hoque Among 40 Lakh Not Included in Final Draft, ULFA Chief Included

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Ramakant Deori is among the 40 lakh people whose names do not figure in the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) of Assam.

NRC Assam Row Rocks Rajya Sabha; Opposition Attacks BJP For 'Politicising' Issue, Amit Shah Says 'Only We Had The Guts to Implement it'

The National Register For Citizens (NRC) issue hit Parliament on Tuesday as the Opposition parties launched an all-out attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party for leaving out 40 lakh people from the final draft.

'Migration Could Determine Europe's Destiny': Angela Merkel At Brussels Summit

European Union leaders are divided over dealing with refugees and accepting migrants as a two-day meeting on migration began in Brussels on Thursday.

Hungary Passes Law Banning Help for Asylum Seekers

The Hungarian parliament has passed a new law that criminalises lawyers and activists who help asylum seekers. The bill allows for the imprisonment of anybody aiding undocumented migrants.

Over 7,000 People From India Filed Applications for Asylum in US in 2017

Over 7,000 people from India filed applications for asylum in the US last year, according to a report by the UN refugee agency which said America was the largest recipient of new asylum requests in 2017.

Germany’s Angela Merkel’s Government Threatened Over Migrant Policy

Right-leaning hardliners in German Chancellor Angela Merkel's coalition government on Monday gave her a two-week ultimatum to tighten the country’s asylum rules or risk pitching Germany into a political crisis that would also rattle Europe.