UK government defends law barring 'illegal' English channel migrants
The UK government said on Tuesday it was ready for legal challenges against a new law intended to stop migrants from reaching the country in small boats across the English Channel.
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At least 59 dead and dozen still missing after boat carrying 200 migrants broke up off Italy
Coast guard officers are patrolling the coast near the southern Italian town of Crotone after a wooden boat carrying around 200 migrants smashed into rocky reefs, killing at least 60 people, including children.
Fraudster claimed THOUSANDS in business grants he wasn't entitled to
A man fraudulently claimed a £10,000 grant he wasn't entitled to. Mohammed Qasim Shafiq exploited the small business rates relief system, set up to help firms during the pandemic, for his own gains.
Dead with no names: Identifying the missing migrants of the Mediterranean
In Algeciras, in the south of Spain, our team met Martin Zamorra, who is known as "the migrants' undertaker". For the past 20 years, he's taken the corpses of migrants who perished while crossing the Mediterranean Sea back to their families.
Kathmandu Court Grants 7-Day Police Custody To Rape-Accused Nepali Cricketer Sandeep Lamichhane
The Kathmandu District Court on Monday granted seven days of police custody remand to further investigate the rape-accused Nepali cricketer and former captain Sandeep Lamichhane. Lamichhane was presented to the court today. The 22-year-old cricket star was arrested last week. He also led the national cricket team at an early age and was apprehended by Nepal Police upon his arrival at Tribhuwan International Airport on October 6.
Calais migrants: A never-ending crisis?
In Calais, we follow the French police patrolling the skies above the coastline. They are finding it increasingly hard to clamp down on migrant crossings. Brexit and the British government's determination to "take back control" of its borders has only made the issue more tense and complex.
Young people should get in touch with young migrants, says IOM’s Vitorino
The ongoing war in Ukraine led to 5 million people leaving the country, but this is just the latest example of people moving around the world in unprecedented numbers.
CAB grants NOC to Wriddhiman Saha, "will hold no grudge against establishment", says veteran keeper
Wriddhiman Saha on Saturday was granted the NOC (No Objection Certificate) by Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), bringing down curtains to his 15-year association under acrimonious circumstances. A veteran of 40 Tests, Saha who will turn 38 in October, was categorically told by Indian team management earlier this year, that they don't want an aged second wicketkeeper in the set-up. Since then, Saha has been critical of BCCI president Sourav Ganguly and also at the beginning, didn't have charitable things to say about head coach Dravid either.