Portugal tightens immigration laws with far-right supportThe Portuguese government on Tuesday adopted stricter immigration laws that make it harder to enter the country, pushed through with the su...
01 Oct, 2025, 10.51 AM IST
Portuguese government presents re-worked immigration billThe Portuguese government presented on Wednesday a new version of a bill designed to curb immigration following objections from the constit...
25 Sep, 2025, 09.43 AM IST
Australia announces migration program for 2025-26, holds intake steady at 1,85,000Australia's permanent migration program will remain at 1,85,000 places for 2025-26, mirroring the 2024-25 intake. The skill stream will con...
16 Sep, 2025, 11.41 AM IST
Belgium tightens family reunification visa rulesBelgium has tightened family reunification visa rules, raising income requirements and the minimum age for partners to 21. These changes, p...
25 Aug, 2025, 05.30 PM IST
Germany tightens migration rules: 3-year citizenship ends, family visas frozen for someGermany has tightened its immigration policies, increasing the residency requirement for citizenship to five years and suspending family re...
09 Jun, 2025, 12.10 PM IST
Family reunification at risk? US rolls back restrictions on sharing migrant minor sponsors' immigration statusThe Office for Refugee Resettlement will share sponsors' immigration status of unaccompanied migrant children with law enforcement, potenti...
25 Mar, 2025, 02.34 PM IST
Austria's new govt stopping family reunions immediately for migrantsAustria's government has temporarily halted family reunion procedures for migrants, citing limitations in absorption capacity and the need ...
12 Mar, 2025, 06.18 PM IST
Spain extends Job Seeker visa validity to address labour shortagesSpain is revamping its immigration policies to address labor shortages and bolster the economy. Key changes include extending job seeker vi...
23 Nov, 2024, 02.03 PM IST
Legal migration to OECD reaches new record in 2023Migration to wealthier nations hit a new high in 2023 for the second consecutive year, driven by labor demands and aging populations, accor...
14 Nov, 2024, 10.28 PM IST
Five announcements by the Sunak government that will affect you if you're planning to move to the UKSunak is under immense pressure from fellow Conservative MPs to devise a comprehensive plan to combat the surging immigration numbers. This...
05 Dec, 2023, 01.11 PM IST
Indians among 13,000 spouses fail German language test to qualify for asylum permitOver 13,000 spouses of asylum seekers in Germany failed to qualify for family reunification due to insufficient German language competency,...
16 May, 2023, 10.12 PM IST
US to begin reuniting migrant families separated under TrumpMayorkas tweeted that four mothers who had fled "extremely dangerous situations in their home countries" would be reunited with children as...
03 May, 2021, 07.39 PM IST
Biden administration to pay transportation, healthcare for families separated under TrumpThe announcement is part of a list of principles released by the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden to guide its family reunificati...
01 Mar, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
President Joe Biden bids to undo 'national shame' of Donald Trump child separationsPresident Joe Biden has prioritized creating a special task force to reunify the families as part of his sweeping rolling back of Trump's h...
03 Feb, 2021, 02.33 PM IST
Biden pledged to reunite migrant families separated by Trump policies. What happens now?The separations happened mostly in 2017 and 2018, because parents were being criminally prosecuted for illegal entry or over concerns about...
02 Feb, 2021, 05.26 PM IST
India has most outward migrants in 2017, says ADB reportThe report further said as many as one third of international migrants were from Asia in 2017.
23 Oct, 2018, 10.29 PM IST
Visa restrictions can increase illegal migration: StudyThe study, published in the journal PNAS, found that restricting students and those eligible for high-skilled visas does little to change t...
07 Aug, 2018, 03.16 PM IST