Migrants
WB approves $200 million to help Dhaka support urban poor, migrants
The World Bank on Wednesday approved $200 million to help Bangladesh provide support and services to the low-income urban youth impacted by Covid-19 and the involuntary returnee migrant workers in order to improve their earning opportunities and resiliency.
Migrants evade Libyan coast guard to reach Europe
The February storm is unforgiving, violently shaking the humanitarian rescuers’ vessel as they try to revive a faulty engine and save African migrants drifting in the Mediterranean Sea after fleeing Libya on unseaworthy boats.
Malaysian court halts deportation of 1,200 Myanmar migrants
A Malaysian court Tuesday ordered a halt to the planned deportation of 1,200 Myanmar migrants to hear an appeal by two human rights groups, which say refugees, asylum seekers and minors were among those being sent back.
Biden faces pressure as US sets new course on immigration
After a weeklong bus ride from Honduras, Isabel Osorio Medina arrived in northern Mexico with the hope President Joe Biden would make it easier for people like him to get into the United States.
After criticism, Bosnia sets up tents for freezing migrants
Trying to resolve a humanitarian disaster, the Bosnian military set up tents Friday for hundreds of migrants who have been stuck in a burned-out refugee camp that has no facilities to fend off freezing winter weather.
Migrants Day: Over 3,000 die during migration journeys in 2020
The International Organization for Migration (IOM)’s Missing Migrants Project has recorded over 3,000 deaths on migratory routes worldwide so far in 2020.
Migrants must remain central to COVID-19 recovery: Guterres
The United Nations is commemorating International Migrants Day, on Friday, highlighting their contributions to societies globally, and underlining the need to ensure that they remain central to the recovery from COVID-19.
Stranded migrants need dignified return: UN body
The UN Committee on Migrant Workers has called on governments to take immediate action to address the inhumane conditions of migrant workers stranded in detention camps and ensure their orderly, safe and dignified return to their home countries.
99pc migrants to stay in Bangladesh if they have better job opportunities
Ninety-nine percent potential migrants will express willingness to stay in the country if there were better job opportunities in Bangladesh, according to findings of a report released by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM).