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India’s invisible workforce gets a new safety net: Key labour reforms for migrant employees decodedIndia's inter-state migrant workers gain significant protections under new labour code rules notified on May 8, 2026. The Occupational Safe...
France and Britain hope migrant 'taxi boat' plan will slow record Channel crossingsMigrant crossings from France to Britain are surging, prompting new proposed measures allowing French police to intercept boats closer to s...
Irregular migrant crossings into EU drop 20% in 2025: FrontexFrontex reports a 20 percent decrease in irregular migrant crossings into the European Union this year. The Western Balkans and African rou...
The number of migrants reaching the UK in small boats in a single day hits a 2025 highA record 1,194 migrants crossed the English Channel to the U.K. in small boats on Saturday, the highest single-day figure this year. This s...
A least 8 people have died trying to cross the English Channel from northern France, authorities sayAt least eight people died during a failed attempt to cross the English Channel from northern France. The incident occurred near Ambleteuse...
Boat with 50 migrants sinks in waters off northern France, some are in critical conditionA boat carrying over 50 migrants sank off France's northern coast while attempting to cross the English Channel. French maritime authoritie...
At least five migrants die in attempt to cross English Channel: French policeA coast guard spokesperson said its agents were still operating at sea after what the official called a "busy" morning, with several crossi...
Taliban issues warning over Pakistan's decision to expel over one million Afghan migrantsThe Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban administration, Shir Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, in a statement regarding Pakistan, has...
Six die as Britain-bound migrant boat capsizes in ChannelFrench and UK rescue boats saved nearly 60 migrants and brought them to French or British shores, and search and rescue operations were ong...
Britain's controversial asylum plan explainedInterior minister Suella Braverman says that as many as 80,000 could cross by the end of the year, and that the "broken" asylum system is c...
Report claims surge in Indians entering UK illegally on small boats across English ChannelAbout 250 Indian migrants have made the dangerous crossing in small boats this year alone, more than 233 who crossed the Channel in the las...
Four people confirmed dead after incident in English ChannelUK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called it a "tragic loss of human life", just as he tries to tighten rules to prevent record numbers of migra...
Over 40,000 migrants cross English Channel in makeshift boats to reach UKAccording to the British government records, more than 40,000 migrants from different countries have made their way to the UK by crossing t...
Channel migrant crossings hit new 24-hour record: UK govtSome 1,295 people were detected on Monday, beating the previous single-day record of 1,185 on November 11, 2021, the Ministry of Defence sa...
Perilous migrant route to BritainAccording to the French authorities, 31,500 people attempted to leave for Britain since the start of the year with 7,800 of those rescued a...
Channel deaths fuel UK-France tensions over migrant boatsUK officials criticise France for rejecting their offer of British police and border officers to conduct joint patrols along the channel co...
Record number of migrants cross Channel to UK in a dayIn 2019, Home Secretary Priti Patel promised to make migrant crossings an "infrequent phenomenon" by spring 2020 and then pledged in August...