The 14 Vietnamese migrant workers illegally crossed the border into China, then traveled to Fujian province. There they bought a used fishing boat and embarked on the final leg of their journey: the 160-kilometer (99-mile) voyage across the Taiwan Stra…
An immigration officer has been charged in connection with a recent migrant smuggling incident near the British Virgin Islands.
The Department of Immigration said Officer Naima Grante was arrested and charged with three counts of breach of trust.
The i…
A recent migrant smuggling event near the British Virgin Islands has resulted in the arrest of an immigration officer.
Officer Naima Grante was detained and charged with three counts of breach of trust, according to the Department of Immigration.
The i…
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A Glendale man was sentenced to six months in prison after pleading guilty to his role in a conspiracy to transport illegal immigrants that resulted in one death.
Trajahn Alexander Johnson, 25, of Glendale, was sentence…
INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT Four Czechs trapped in Sudan
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, there are four Czech citizens currently in Sudan, where an internal conflict has killed around 300 people in the past week. Czechia is unable to evacuat…
An exhausted Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) which was handed in to Jávea local police has been released in the local area.
This trans-Saharan migrant, which spends the winter in Africa south of the vast desert, comes to Spain to breed with the arriv…
The Catholic Church leader who started his Episcopal Ministry in April 1999 as Archbishop of South Africa’s Bloemfontein Archdiocese condemned what he referred to as a new anti-foreigner movement called Dudula (meaning: push them out), which he said ha…
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KOCHI: The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has nabbed a 26-year-old who stole six mobile phones from passengers of a single compartment during his short trip from Ernakulam North to Aluva railway station.Around 4am on Wednesday, RPF…
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KOCHI: The police are investigating the seizure of counterfeit currency notes from a youth at Puthupady near Kothamangalam and suspect that he circulated the fake notes among migrant workers. The Muvattupuzha police are seeking …
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Phagwara: On a complaint lodged by a woman Sheela, a resident of Kishanpur village, the Sadar police have registered a case under Sections 363 and 366-A of the IPC against a migrant from UP, Deepak, on the charge of abducting her 1…