New Delhi, India – Indian officials have floated a controversial plan to introduce apex predators such as crocodiles and venomous snakes into riverine stretches along the Bangladesh border, to act as natural deterrents against undocumented migration and smuggling in places where erecting fencing is difficult. India’s 4,096km-long (2,545-mile) border with Bangladesh runs through some challenging…
“As a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war,” Pope Leo XIV said about the war in Iran during his airborne press conference upon his return trip to Rome. “If there is regime change or no regime change, the question is how to promote the values in which we believe without the death of…
Rights advocates have accused the Trump administration of using third-country deportations to intimidate asylum seekers and migrants. Published On 22 Apr 202622 Apr 2026 Fifteen South American migrants and asylum seekers recently deported from the United States to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) say they are facing pressure to return to their countries…
Shorouk Express The Solidarity Pool is a central element of the EU’s new migration and asylum framework, and is designed to ensure a fairer distribution of responsibilities for dealing with the pressures that migration can create. Implementing the EU’s migration framework is a matter of balancing solidarity and responsibility, according to Internal Affairs Commissioner Magnus…
Shorouk Express Over the past weeks, Spain’s People’s Party has proposed numerous changes to immigration legislation which will have a big impact on foreigners in the country if the centre-right party wins the next general election. Ever since recent polls showed that the Partido Popular is losing a considerable share of votes to far-right party…
Shorouk Express Ten years ago marked the “summer of migration”, a series of major population movements towards the European Union. In the 2015 “crisis” alone, over a million people entered the EU by irregular means. Most were Syrians, Afghans and Iraqis. In 2025, more than 95,000 people took the road of exile and reached the…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Police and protesters clashed on Saturday as demonstrations against asylum hotels unfolded across the country. Protesters and counterprotesters gathered for demonstrations in towns and…
Shorouk Express Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have agreed a “groundbreaking” one in, one out migration deal – just hours after hundreds made the perilous…
Shorouk Express “What has been mainstream among our populations for quite many years is now mainstream for many of us politicians as well, finally,” she said. “Maybe not in Parliament, but gladly, and I am really happy about that, in the European Council,” where several leaders of EU countries leaders are determined to address migration…
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