Islamabad, Feb 12 (IANS) Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has admitted that the Gulf countries have stopped issuing visas to Pakistanis as mafia groups continue to export “beggars” to these nations. Sharing a video on social media that revealed how beggars in Pakistan earn enough money to purchase houses through organised networks, Asif highlighted that this has prompted the Gulf nations to stop issuing visas to Pakistanis now, UAE’s leading daily Khaleej Times reported.The video showed …
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Bengaluru, Feb 2 (IANS) The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Assembly, R. Ashoka, on Monday stated that the Karnataka government should not treat the issue of illegal Bangladeshis in the state as a matter of prestige and deal with it with an iron hand.He made the statement while speaking on the motion of thanks to the Governor’s speech in the Legislative Assembly on Monday.”Illegal immigrants are now daring to carry out business in village fairs, some of them were arrested also. This is the…
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) A US senator has introduced a bill that would make it easier for the administration to revoke the citizenship of naturalised Americans who commit serious crimes, large-scale fraud, or have links to terrorist organisations.Republican Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri said the legislation is needed to protect the integrity of American citizenship. The bill is called the Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation, or SCAM, Act.Schmitt said recent fraud cases show that the…
Washington, Jan 15 (IANS) Outrightly dismissing comparisons of ICE arrests to authoritarian tactics, Trump border czar Tom Homan has defended federal agents operating in US cities, and said sanctuary policies were forcing immigration enforcement into local communities rather than jails.Homan, in an interaction with reporters at the White House on Wednesday (local time), rejected criticism over recent enforcement images from Minneapolis and elsewhere, where federal agents were seen pulling suspec…
Bengaluru, Jan 14 (IANS) BJP’s Karnataka unit on Wednesday said that there is a suspicion of about 2 lakh illegal Bangladeshi nationals settling in Bengaluru city, and urged the state government to form the Special Task Force (STF) to identify and deport them immediately.Leader of the Opposition in the state Assembly R. Ashoka said that, “There is suspicion that around two lakh illegal Bangladeshi immigrants are settled in Bengaluru city alone. Mr. Home Minister G. Parameshwara, illegal immigran…
Kabul, Jan 8 (IANS) Doctors Without Borders, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) offering medical humanitarian assistance to people, has warned that the expulsion of Afghan refugees from Pakistan is causing a serious humanitarian crisis, especially during winter season, endangering the lives of people, local media reported on Thursday. In a report released on Wednesday, MSF stated that many of the expelled refugees are being placed in temporary camps which do not have proper shelter whi…
Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) The Trump administration is moving to sharply restrict access to asylum by urging US immigration judges to dismiss cases without hearings and redirect migrants to third countries, a shift officials say is aimed at closing what they describe as a “huge loophole” in legal immigration, according to a report by Politico.The Department of Homeland Security has asked courts to summarily dismiss asylum applications and remove migrants to third countries where they could seek p…
Chandigarh, Dec 27 (IANS) Punjab Police have claimed they have successfully maintained peace and harmony in the state this year with proactive action against ISI-sponsored terror modules by foiling 12 terror incidents and arresting 50 module members, besides the seizure of heroin that is nearly two-third of country’s total with the NDPS conviction rate as high as 88 per cent, country’s highest. While achieving unprecedented breakthroughs in the terror front, crime control and anti-drugs camp…