LAJAS BLANCAS, Panama: A little more than a year ago, the small Panamanian river port of Lajas Blancas was filled with a crush of people trying to make their way to the United States. Now, the makeshift migrant camp has become a ghost town. More than a thousand migrants a day would cross the harrowing … Read more
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed the Laken Riley Act into law, giving federal authorities broader power to deport immigrants in the US illegally who have been accused of crimes. He also announced at the ceremony that his administration planned to send the “worst criminal aliens” to a detention centre in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The … Read more
A Delhi Police official checks documents of people during a verification drive to identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants residing in the national capital, in New Delhi, on December 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Delhi Police on Tuesday (December 24, 2024) conducted checks in the Kalindi Kunj area of the National Capital to identify potential Bangladeshi … Read more
File picture of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar | Photo Credit: PTI External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar rejected U.S. President Joe Biden’s comment that “xenophobia” was hobbling the South Asian nation’s economic growth, reported on Saturday. Mr. Jaishankar said at a round table hosted by The Economic Times on Friday that India’s economy “is not … Read more
Washington: US President Joe Biden has called two of his QUAD partners – India and Japan – and two of his adversaries – Russia and China – “xenophobic” nations, asserting that none of these countries, unlike the United States, welcome immigrants. “This election is about freedom, America and democracy. That’s why I badly need you. … Read more
Some 18.9 million people, or 23% of Germany’s population, either immigrated to the country since 1950 or are the children of immigrants, Germany’s Federal Statistics Office said Thursday. It’s the first time the statistics office has analysed the country’s population based on migration figures and not just on citizenship, which is a more vague concept … Read more
July 13, 2021 — Immigrants to the U.S. are healthier and have better health outcomes on average than native-born Americans, according to a new study in the journal Health Affairs. But the longer that immigrants live in the U.S., the more their health profiles resemble those of the native-born. These findings are among … Read more