TEHRAN, February 15 - The right-wing populist Hungarian government of Viktor Orbán has outlined plans for a new law that would give it the power to ban civil society groups that help im migrants and refugees.
TEHRAN, February 9 - Ten thousand migrants are living in “deplorable” conditions in Italy without shelter, food and clean water, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned in a damning indictment of the country’s border practices.
TEHRAN, February 8 - Silvio Berlusconi’s pledge to deport more than half a million migrants from Italy should his coalition enter government in March would simply not be possible, a range of experts have said.
TEHRAN, February 6 - With the closure of the border at Ventimiglia in Italy, many migrants and refugees are trying to cross into France via the Colle della Scala in the Italian Alps despite the snow and extreme weather conditions. Many times in the last month, alpine rescue volunteers have climbed through the hairpin turns to recover people in difficulty.
TEHRAN, February 3 - A lone Italian gunman wounded six African im migrants in a two-hour drive-by shooting spree Saturday in a small Italian city where just days earlier a Nigerian man was arrested in the gruesome killing of a teenager, officials said.
TEHRAN, February 1 - Students at the University of Paris occupied a campus building Tuesday, calling on the government to support and grant asylum to all migrants regardless of their reasons for coming to France.
TEHRAN, January 8 - The Libyan Coast Guard rescued nearly 140 migrants off the Libyan coast on Monday morning after they were discovered stranded on a rubber boat.
TEHRAN, January 7 - More than 300 people stormed the heavily fortified border between Morocco and the Spanish enclave Melilla in what authorities on Sunday called a mass “violent crossing”.
TEHRAN, January 3 - Spain's maritime rescue service said it has rescued 55 migrants from a boat in which they were trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea.
TEHRAN, January 3 - The Turkish Coast Guard apprehended 55 irregular migrants on a boat in waters between Turkey and Greek islands Tuesday, said a security official.
TEHRAN, January 1 - Pope Francis described migrants and refugees as the world's "weakest and most needy" on Monday, using his traditional New Year's address to "give voice" to people he has urged leaders to do more to help.
TEHRAN, December 28 - Authorities have made nearly 150,000 arrests of illegal im migrants in the United States this year, according to a latest report.
TEHRAN, December 27 - More than 250 migrants were rescued in the central Mediterranean, off the coast of Libya, during the night between Monday and Tuesday, Italy’s Coast Guard said.
TEHRAN, December 20-Mudassir, 18, from Pakistan’s city of Peshawar has tried to enter the European Union 30 times but was always caught and sent back to his starting point in Serbia.
TEHRAN, December 14 - Australia's population is expanding at the fastest pace in the developed world as skilled migrants flock to the resource-rich nation, a fillip to economic growth overall but perhaps also a source of puzzling weakness in wages.
TEHRAN, December 12 - European governments are complicit in grave human rights violations in Libya through their support for authorities there who often work with people smugglers and torture refugees and migrants , Amnesty International said on Tuesday.
TEHRAN, October 13 -Thousands of previously Europe-bound asylum seekers held in Libyan detention centers are said to be in dire conditions and in need of urgent medical help.
TEHRAN, September 4 - The leader of the Austrian People's Party (OVP) and the country's Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz intends to cut social benefits for migrants by one-third if his party wins at the upcoming general election, local media reported Monday citing OVP’s campaign program.
TEHRAN, August 1, YJC - Around 70 sub-Saharan African migrants were injured when they tried to cross through the razor-wire-topped fence separating northern Morocco from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on Tuesday, the Red Cross said.