migration Archives

August 27, 2024 3:46 PM

Australia limits foreign students in migration crackdown

Australia said on Tuesday it would limit the enrolment number of new international students to 270,000 for 2025, as the government looks to rein in record migration that has contributed to a spike in home rental prices. The decision follows a raft o...

June 1, 2024 4:30 PM

Nollywood meets Bollywood in mini-series exploring migration and medical tourism

A new Netflix miniseries exploring migration, marriage and medical tourism between Nigeria and India is striking a chord with viewers in Africa's most populous nation grappling with a struggling economy and dreams of life abroad. "Postcards", a five...

December 20, 2023 5:15 PM

EU agrees new rules on hosting migrants, seeks to cut numbers

The European Union reached agreement early on Wednesday on new rules designed to share out the cost and work of hosting migrants more evenly and to limit the numbers of people coming in. Representatives of the European Parliament and of EU governmen...

October 17, 2023 9:08 AM

Global migrant crisis is acquiring alarming proportion

When in recent days thousands of fresh migrants crossed into America with many more continuously reaching Mexican border towns with a hope to enter their dream location, Greece's Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis reiterating at the continuing UNGA m...

September 21, 2023 9:39 AM

Italy’s PM Meloni calls for global war on human trafficking at UN & talks migration

At the United Nations General Assembly, Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni urged to wage a global war against human traffickers and reject any hypocritical approach to immigration. It was Meloni's first time, addressing the 78th session of the 193...