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Migrant worker aims to be S’pore’s bodybuilding champion, trains after long hours at work

Stories Of Us: By day, Murugesan Balamurali works as an air-con technician. By night, he’s a competitive bodybuilder with big … More

Bodybuilding, Champion, Covid19, Migrants

Malaysia deports 1,086 Myanmar nationals, despite court-ordered stay

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s immigration department said on Tuesday it had carried out a repatriation programme involving 1,086 Myanmar nationals, despite … More

Deports, Immigration, Migrants

How some of the lost and forgotten ‘victims’ of the Covid-19 pandemic survive in Kuala Lumpur

KUALA LUMPUR : While the government has rolled out several aid packages over the past year to help Malaysians weather … More

Covid19, Migrants, Pandemic, Sex Workers, struggle, Transgenders, Victims

Failed governance drives Muslims to migrate to Christian European nations: Dr Mahathir

Islamic world must reflect on its mistakes, says former prime minister KUALA LUMPUR – The migration of many Muslims to Christian-led … More

Good governance, Migrants, Muslim

UK Jails Smugglers Over Vietnamese Migrant Deaths

A British judge on Friday handed down sentences of 27 and 20 years to the ringleaders of a people smuggling … More

Migrants, Smugglers, United Kingdom

Joe Biden to propose 8-year citizenship path for immigrants

WASHINGTON (AP) : President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, hoping … More

Immigration, Joe Biden, Migrants, President, United States

In Pictures: Guatemala forces battle desperate Honduran migrants

First migrant caravan of the year comes days before Joe Biden takes office, promising to adopt a more humane approach … More

Guatemala, Honduras, Migrants, United States

At least 20 migrants drown after boat sinks off Tunisia

Coastguard rescues five people, as Tunisian official says 45 people were on the boat when it capsized. At least 20 … More

Italy, Lampedusa, Migrants, Refugees, Tunisia

Inferno in large squat for migrants kills 3 in Spain

BADALONA, Spain (AP) : Mamadou Dieye was talking to his family back in Senegal when he heard shouts of distress … More

Catalonia, Fire, Migrants, Spain, Squatters

Embracing KL’s migrants through words, images

E-book captures the realities of the faces and voices of the often discounted KUALA LUMPUR is not just a melting pot … More

Community, e-book, Kuala Lumpur, Migrants

As loans to African countries decline, thousands of Chinese workers go home

Between 2015 and 2018, 62,600 workers returned to China. From a high of US$ 24.9 billion in 2016, Chinese lending … More

Algeria, Angola, Belt and Road Initiative, China, Debt, Investment, Loans, Migrants, Workers

Thousands sleep in open air after fire in Greek migrant camp

Mytilene, Greece : Thousands of refugees and migrants have spent a third night in the open on the Greek island … More

Blaze, Fire, Greece, Lesbos, Lockdown, Migrants

Expats over age 60 with no degree have until year’s end to leave Kuwait

Expats in Kuwait over the age of 60 without a degree have until the end of the year to leave … More

Age 60, Expatriates, Kuwait, Migrants, Workers

Malaysia’s UN agencies distribute 5,000 ‘dignity kits’ to refugees, migrate women and girls

KUALA LUMPUR : Malaysia’s United Nations Agencies in collaboration with Malaysian Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have distributed 5,000 “Dignity Kits” … More

Covid19, Dignity Kits, Migrants, Refugees, UNFPA Malaysia, UNHCR, Women

Greece has secretly sent away more than 1,000 migrants, taking them to the edge of the country’s territorial waters and then abandoning them at sea

More than 1,000 refugees were abandoned at the edge of Greece’s water territory by Greek officials in the past few … More

Greece, Human Rights, Migrants

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