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NDTV Exclusive: How America's Children Act Benefits H-1B Visa Holders' Kids
Americas Children Act will enable children, who grew up in the United States and maintained lawful status and want to contribute back to the country, to stay and have a clear pathway to citizenship.
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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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$8 Million To Families Of Those Who Died In Mexico Migrant Centre Fire
The families of 40 people who died in a fire at a detention center for undocumented migrants in a Mexican border town in March will receive more than $8 million each, the government said Sunday.
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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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Centre Instructed States To Set Up Detention Centres: Maharashtra Congress
The Maharashtra Congress on Tuesday claimed that Union Home Ministry had instructed states to set up detention centres for illegal migrants in January this year, and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making a false statement about such facilities at his Delhi rally.
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Australia's 'Pacific Guantanamo' Quietly Emptied
Only a handful of people remained at a remote migrant detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island Tuesday, as authorities quietly empty a facility often dubbed "Australia's Guantanamo".
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40 Killed, 70 Injured In Strike On Libya Migrant Centre: Officials
Nearly 40 migrants were killed and more than 70 wounded in an air strike on their detention centre in a suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli, an emergency services spokesman told AFP.
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More Than 1,000 Migrants Escape From Mexican Detention Centre
At least 1,300 mainly Cuban migrants escaped Thursday from a detention centre in southern Mexico after threatening to set fire to the facility to protest against overcrowding.
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After Recent Terror Incident, Sweden Cracks Down On Illegal Immigrants
Sweden has intensified its crackdown on illegal immigrants after a failed asylum-seeker killed five people in Stockholm, but the move has raised concerns that more migrants will be driven underground to join a shadowy underclass.
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Pope Makes Provocative Trip To Greece As Europe Deports Migrants
Pope Francis travelled to Greece today for a brief but provocative visit to meet with refugees at a detention centre as the European Union implements a controversial plan to deport them back to Turkey.
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Australia Moves to Quash Migrant Centre Unrest
Australian police reinforcements poured into remote Christmas Island on Tuesday to help quell unrest at a migrant detention centre, amid reports inmates had armed themselves with machetes and petrol bombs.
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Riot Hits Australia's Christmas Island Migrant Centre
A disturbance broke out Monday at Australia's Christmas Island detention centre, the immigration department said, amid reports rioters seized control of the facility after the death of an asylum seeker.
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Australia Sends 157 Asylum Seekers to Nauru Detention Centre
Australia has sent 157 migrants, thought to be Sri Lankan asylum seekers, to a detention centre on the Pacific island of Nauru after they declined an offer to speak with Indian officials about their refugee claims, the government said on Saturday.
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NDTV Exclusive: How America's Children Act Benefits H-1B Visa Holders' Kids
Americas Children Act will enable children, who grew up in the United States and maintained lawful status and want to contribute back to the country, to stay and have a clear pathway to citizenship.
-
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.
-
$8 Million To Families Of Those Who Died In Mexico Migrant Centre Fire
The families of 40 people who died in a fire at a detention center for undocumented migrants in a Mexican border town in March will receive more than $8 million each, the government said Sunday.
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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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Centre Instructed States To Set Up Detention Centres: Maharashtra Congress
The Maharashtra Congress on Tuesday claimed that Union Home Ministry had instructed states to set up detention centres for illegal migrants in January this year, and accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of making a false statement about such facilities at his Delhi rally.
-
Australia's 'Pacific Guantanamo' Quietly Emptied
Only a handful of people remained at a remote migrant detention centre on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island Tuesday, as authorities quietly empty a facility often dubbed "Australia's Guantanamo".
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40 Killed, 70 Injured In Strike On Libya Migrant Centre: Officials
Nearly 40 migrants were killed and more than 70 wounded in an air strike on their detention centre in a suburb of the Libyan capital Tripoli, an emergency services spokesman told AFP.
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More Than 1,000 Migrants Escape From Mexican Detention Centre
At least 1,300 mainly Cuban migrants escaped Thursday from a detention centre in southern Mexico after threatening to set fire to the facility to protest against overcrowding.
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After Recent Terror Incident, Sweden Cracks Down On Illegal Immigrants
Sweden has intensified its crackdown on illegal immigrants after a failed asylum-seeker killed five people in Stockholm, but the move has raised concerns that more migrants will be driven underground to join a shadowy underclass.
-
Pope Makes Provocative Trip To Greece As Europe Deports Migrants
Pope Francis travelled to Greece today for a brief but provocative visit to meet with refugees at a detention centre as the European Union implements a controversial plan to deport them back to Turkey.
-
Australia Moves to Quash Migrant Centre Unrest
Australian police reinforcements poured into remote Christmas Island on Tuesday to help quell unrest at a migrant detention centre, amid reports inmates had armed themselves with machetes and petrol bombs.
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Riot Hits Australia's Christmas Island Migrant Centre
A disturbance broke out Monday at Australia's Christmas Island detention centre, the immigration department said, amid reports rioters seized control of the facility after the death of an asylum seeker.
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Australia Sends 157 Asylum Seekers to Nauru Detention Centre
Australia has sent 157 migrants, thought to be Sri Lankan asylum seekers, to a detention centre on the Pacific island of Nauru after they declined an offer to speak with Indian officials about their refugee claims, the government said on Saturday.
