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Faster Deportation, Detention Centres: EU's Proposed Migration Law
EU countries and lawmakers reached an agreement Wednesday on an overhaul of the bloc's laws on handling asylum-seekers and migrants, officials said.
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Despite Loss Worth Millions, Biden Officials Kept Immigration Jails Open
Biden administration officials last year recommended closing or downsizing nine immigration detention centers because of high costs and staffing shortages, a move that could have saved $235 million, a draft U.S.
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Guards Seen Walking Away From Burning Mexico Migrant Centre: Report
Video surveillance footage on Tuesday appeared to show guards leaving as flames engulfed an immigration detention center in northern Mexico where dozens of migrants died in a fire.
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At Least 38 Dead After Fire At Mexico Migrant Centre Near US Border
A fire believed to have been started by migrants protesting against their deportation killed at least 38 people at a Mexican immigration detention center near the US border, authorities said Tuesday, prompting demands for justice.
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Amid Citizenship Protests, Kerala Says No Plan To Set Up Detention Camps
Amid nationwide protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Kerala government today said it is not planning to set up detention centres to house illegal immigrants in the state.
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"Gave Rs 46 Crore For India's Biggest Detention Camp": Tarun Gogoi Questions PM's Denial
Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that the country has no detention camps, saying that states were asked to set up such facilities to house illegal immigrants way back in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee era.
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India's 1st Illegal Immigrant Detention Camp Size Of 7 Football Fields
About 150 kilometre west of Guwahati, construction is on in full swing to build India's first detention centre for those declared foreigners after the publication of the contentious Assam National Register of Citizens or NRC last month.
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After Assam Citizens List, Plans Of Detention Centre Near Mumbai: Sources
The Maharashtra Home Ministry has reportedly written to the Navi Mumbai planning authorityasking for land on which to build a detention centre for illegal immigrants. The move, according tosources within theauthority, comes less than a fortnight after the final NRC list in Assam declared 19 lakh people as foreigners and raises the possibility of a ...
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US Detention Centres Called "Summer Camps". What They Actually Look Like
More than a year after he drew criticism for comparing family detention to a "summer camp," the nation's top immigration enforcer stood in a clean hallway in America's largest family detention complex and gestured around himself.
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Indians On Hunger Strike At US Detention Centre "Forced To Hydrate"
Three Indian men seeking asylum in the US have been forced to receive intravenous drips at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in El Paso, Texas on Sunday as their hunger strike entered twentieth day, their attorney said.
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Armed Man Attacks Immigration Detention Centre In US, Cops Shoot Him Dead
A man armed with a rifle attacked an immigration detention facility in Washington state early on Saturday, throwing incendiary devices at the building and cars in the parking lot before dying after police opened fire, authorities said.
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Ex-Soldier Declared "Foreigner" In Assam Released From Detention Centre
Mohammad Sanaullah, the retired Indian Army soldier who was declared an illegal immigrant by a tribunal and sent to a detention centre in Assam last month, was released today on bail. The Gauhati High Court, which ordered his release yesterday, had also issued notices to the centre and the state government.
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Retired Soldier Detained After Being Declared Illegal Immigrant Gets Bail
Mohammad Sanaulla, the retired Indian Army soldier who was declared an illegal immigrant by a tribunal and sent to a detention centre in Assam last month, has been given bail by the Gauhati High Court, which has also issued notices to the centre and the state government.
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Gay, Transgender Detainees Allege Abuse At US Border Detention Centre
Gay and transgender people held at a large Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Mexico have faced physical and verbal abuse and were placed in solitary confinement after complaining about it, according to a complaint civil rights groups sent to the US agency Monday.
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6 Indian Immigrant Detainees, On Hunger Strike, Force-Fed At US Centre
At least six immigrant detainees, including Indians, have been force-fed through nasal tubes by immigration authorities in the US after they went on a hunger strike to protest conditions at a processing centre in Texas, drawing a strong reaction from Indian-American groups which described it as violation of human rights.
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Faster Deportation, Detention Centres: EU's Proposed Migration Law
EU countries and lawmakers reached an agreement Wednesday on an overhaul of the bloc's laws on handling asylum-seekers and migrants, officials said.
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Despite Loss Worth Millions, Biden Officials Kept Immigration Jails Open
Biden administration officials last year recommended closing or downsizing nine immigration detention centers because of high costs and staffing shortages, a move that could have saved $235 million, a draft U.S.
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Guards Seen Walking Away From Burning Mexico Migrant Centre: Report
Video surveillance footage on Tuesday appeared to show guards leaving as flames engulfed an immigration detention center in northern Mexico where dozens of migrants died in a fire.
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At Least 38 Dead After Fire At Mexico Migrant Centre Near US Border
A fire believed to have been started by migrants protesting against their deportation killed at least 38 people at a Mexican immigration detention center near the US border, authorities said Tuesday, prompting demands for justice.
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Amid Citizenship Protests, Kerala Says No Plan To Set Up Detention Camps
Amid nationwide protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act, the Kerala government today said it is not planning to set up detention centres to house illegal immigrants in the state.
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"Gave Rs 46 Crore For India's Biggest Detention Camp": Tarun Gogoi Questions PM's Denial
Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that the country has no detention camps, saying that states were asked to set up such facilities to house illegal immigrants way back in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee era.
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India's 1st Illegal Immigrant Detention Camp Size Of 7 Football Fields
About 150 kilometre west of Guwahati, construction is on in full swing to build India's first detention centre for those declared foreigners after the publication of the contentious Assam National Register of Citizens or NRC last month.
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After Assam Citizens List, Plans Of Detention Centre Near Mumbai: Sources
The Maharashtra Home Ministry has reportedly written to the Navi Mumbai planning authorityasking for land on which to build a detention centre for illegal immigrants. The move, according tosources within theauthority, comes less than a fortnight after the final NRC list in Assam declared 19 lakh people as foreigners and raises the possibility of a ...
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US Detention Centres Called "Summer Camps". What They Actually Look Like
More than a year after he drew criticism for comparing family detention to a "summer camp," the nation's top immigration enforcer stood in a clean hallway in America's largest family detention complex and gestured around himself.
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Indians On Hunger Strike At US Detention Centre "Forced To Hydrate"
Three Indian men seeking asylum in the US have been forced to receive intravenous drips at a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in El Paso, Texas on Sunday as their hunger strike entered twentieth day, their attorney said.
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Armed Man Attacks Immigration Detention Centre In US, Cops Shoot Him Dead
A man armed with a rifle attacked an immigration detention facility in Washington state early on Saturday, throwing incendiary devices at the building and cars in the parking lot before dying after police opened fire, authorities said.
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Ex-Soldier Declared "Foreigner" In Assam Released From Detention Centre
Mohammad Sanaullah, the retired Indian Army soldier who was declared an illegal immigrant by a tribunal and sent to a detention centre in Assam last month, was released today on bail. The Gauhati High Court, which ordered his release yesterday, had also issued notices to the centre and the state government.
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Retired Soldier Detained After Being Declared Illegal Immigrant Gets Bail
Mohammad Sanaulla, the retired Indian Army soldier who was declared an illegal immigrant by a tribunal and sent to a detention centre in Assam last month, has been given bail by the Gauhati High Court, which has also issued notices to the centre and the state government.
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Gay, Transgender Detainees Allege Abuse At US Border Detention Centre
Gay and transgender people held at a large Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in New Mexico have faced physical and verbal abuse and were placed in solitary confinement after complaining about it, according to a complaint civil rights groups sent to the US agency Monday.
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6 Indian Immigrant Detainees, On Hunger Strike, Force-Fed At US Centre
At least six immigrant detainees, including Indians, have been force-fed through nasal tubes by immigration authorities in the US after they went on a hunger strike to protest conditions at a processing centre in Texas, drawing a strong reaction from Indian-American groups which described it as violation of human rights.
