Brussels has launched an overhaul of the EU’s much-criticised migration policy, risking a revival of the internal battles that were first sparked by the arrival of more than 1m people in the bloc in 2015.

EU unveils proposals to overhaul migration policy

EU plans tougher controls in Migration policy overhaul

Europe's migrant crisis has worsen during the Coronavirus pandemic, that's one reason why the European Union is unveiling the much awaited asylum reform next week.

'EU needs solidarity on migration issue', says EU Commissioner

New asylum policy to be unveiled by European Union

Edgar Alvarez, an artist and activist, is a Venezuelan living in Bogota, Colombia. The ‘craftivist’ works with plasticine figures, through which he explains and highlights the issues in the Andean region in recent years.

Colombian 'Craftivist' Edgar Alvarez models clay to educate the masses

The government said Monday it had brought home 10 French children of jihadist fighters overnight from a refugee camp in Syria, the latest in a piecemeal repatriation process since the Islamic State group was ousted from its Syrian base in March 2019.

France brings home 10 jihadists' children from Syria

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan stepped in on Wednesday to help stranded migrants in Mumbai to reach their homes in Uttar Pradesh. Bachchan arranged for four special flights to send about 700 people to their homes.

Amitabh Bachchan arranges flights for migrants from Mumbai to Uttar Pradesh

Here's a Bollywood villain who is a real-life hero. Amid nationwide lockdown, actor Sonu Sood has been relentlessly working hard and arranging buses for migrants in Mumbai to reach their homes in other parts of the country.

Sonu Sood on arranging travel for migrants: Will be on the roads until all the workers reach home

Thailand police have arrested 15 Rohingya Muslims on the charge of illegal entry. The police have said that they could be victims of human trafficking. Out of 15, twelve were arrested on Tuesday and three more on Wednesday morning.

Thailand police arrests 15 Rohingya migrants over illegal entry

By Juline Beaujouan and Amjed Rasheed The Syrian province of Idlib, the remaining holdout of rebels fighting the regime of Bashar al-Assad, has experienced fierce fighting in recent months as the Syrian army, supported by Russia, has pushed to reclaim the territory.

Fragmented politics of Syrian refugee crisis jeopardises the future of millions

Stop migrants crossing in Aegean Sea: Erdogan to Turkey coastguard As Greece faced fresh violence on its borders on Saturday, Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered the Turkish coastguard to prevent migrants crossing the Aegean sea.

Top 10 world news today: Erdogan on migrants, Iran army member killed in Syria & more!

Migrants, police clash at Turkey-Greece border despite Erdogan-Putin ceasefire deal Police once against fired tear gas canisters at the migrants at the Kastanies/Pazarkule crossing which has witnessed fierce clashes between migrants and police both on the Greek and Turkish crossings.

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Greece has blocked nearly 10,000 migrants trying to enter from the Turkey border over the past 24 hours, a Greek government source said Sunday. A massive influx of migrants swelled along the border over the weekend after Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatened to open its frontier to Europe.

Greece blocks nearly 10,000 migrants at Turkey border

Thousands of migrants facing the perilous journey from Turkey to the Aegean islands on Europe’s periphery are now supposed to face another obstacle as the Greek government announced that it will build a floating barrier to deter them.

Greek Defence Ministry plans to build sea barrier off Lesbos to deter migrants

Greece must take "urgent" steps to improve "miserable" conditions in its overcrowded island migrant camps, the U.N. refugee chief said Wednesday. "These living conditions need urgent improvement," United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said after visiting camps on Lesbos.

U.N. urges Greece to fix 'miserable' migrant camps

Winter poses new threat to migrants in Bosnian forest camp

By Deina Abdelkader Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan isn’t limiting his assault on neighbouring Syria to attacking Kurdish troops that run the country’s northern region.

Deportation to Syria could mean death for women, children and LGBTQ refugees in Turkey

Andhra Pradesh is the first state in India to enact a law guaranteeing 75 per cent job reservation for locals in private industrial units, factories, joint ventures, including public-private partnership concerns.

Politics of native preference: Shooing away migrants is economically disastrous

Regional leaders on Friday called for "shock" investment in infrastructure in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador to reduce the number of migrants flowing from the three economically fragile countries, bound for the United States.

'Shock' investment urged to stem flow of Central American migrants

The US Department of Homeland Security requested 1,000 additional soldiers to help manage the migrant crisis in Texas, the Pentagon said Monday, amid growing outcry over conditions in migrant detention facilities.

US department of homeland security requests 1,000 soldiers to manage migrant crisis

The one issue that affects almost all countries in the world is that of migrants. Yet, this is an issue on which the affected countries - be they homeland or destination of the migrants - never think or act as one.

WION Edit: World unmoved by migrants' plight

The Venezuelan exodus may exceed eight million people by the end of next year, which would make it the largest migration crisis in the world, according to a special report issued by the Organisation of American States (OAS).

Venezuela migrant crisis to become world's largest by 2020: Report

More than 70 million people were counted last year as displaced from their homes, a record that underestimates the real number of refugees and asylum seekers, the UN said Wednesday.

Record 70.8 million people displaced at end of 2018: UN

By Savitri Arvey and Steph Leutert Over the past three months, the number of Central Americans arriving at the US-Mexico border has jumped exponentially, and total border crossings have reached levels last seen in 2006.

Thousands of asylum seekers left waiting at the US-Mexico border

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