Washington: An estimated 240,000 Indian immigrants are among 11.5 million foreigners living illegally in the United States without proper immigration documents, according to latest official figures. The flow of Indians coming clandestinely to the US has, in fact, doubled between 2000 and 2011, said the latest report by the US Department of Homeland Security. During the same period the total number of illegal foreign immigrants increased from 8.46 million to...
11:07 AM, Mar 24, 2012
London: UK Prime Minister David Cameron government is putting in place tighter border controls that include checking details of all passengers travelling to Britain from India and other non-EU countries from April. Detailing the new system called 'e-Borders', Immigration Minister Damian Green said there will be clear rules into the correct level of checks for every type of passenger and all types of goods that cross the UK border. The...
03:23 PM, Mar 15, 2012
When I first started reading, 'Homesick' by Roshi Fernando, it came to be like any other book of displaced families and forgotten voices. Of the second generation and third generations, wanting to search themselves and what they stand for. However, though the book did run on these lines, it had a different voice to it. 'Homesick' is a book of many layers and each layer has a unique and original...
08:16 PM, Feb 16, 2012
New York: A mother is lecturing her 23-year-old daughter about her love life, flailing a kitchen knife above her head for emphasis. Mom's point: She'd like her immigrant daughter, from the former Soviet republic of Moldova, to marry a man with similar roots, keeping the family's East European Jewish tradition. Alas, the daughter informs mom that she's already dating a Hispanic man. But she soon dumps him, on-camera, during a...
10:10 PM, Sep 01, 2011
February 1983, Assam's infamous Nellie massacre took place in which close to 3000 Bangladeshi migrants were butchered in cold blood. 28 years on, the memories remain and so does the issue of illegal immigrants. ...
08:39 PM, Apr 06, 2011
Toronto: India and China lead the pack as Canada welcomed the highest number of immigrants in more than 50 years by admitting 280,636 permanent residents in 2010. This new number is about 60,000 higher than the average annual intake of permanent residents in recent years, according to a statement by Immigration and Citizenship Canada. Canada has admitted between 240,000 and 265,000 immigrants annually in recent years. Though there is no...
01:20 PM, Feb 14, 2011
2 councillors suspended for circulating e-mail mocking immigrants. ...
02:30 PM, May 04, 2010
But only 2 pc of all illegal immigrants were Indians. ...
10:56 AM, Feb 10, 2010
No problems with those already settled, but wants no more immigrants. ...
05:27 PM, Oct 23, 2009
Report says immigrants and Canada have mutually benefitted each other. ...
10:15 AM, Oct 06, 2009
Asian Indian population in US grew from 1,679,000 in 2000 to 2,570,000 in 2007. ...
10:44 AM, Aug 11, 2009
They did not have the right to work in UK, were carrying counterfeit passports. ...
08:20 AM, Jul 30, 2009
They submitted the largest number of fraudulent visa applications ever in UK. ...
04:52 PM, May 07, 2009
BJP leader accuses Central, Assam govts of failing against terrorists. ...
05:21 PM, Oct 31, 2008
BJP leader says terror attack in Assam symbolic of national insecurity. ...
04:22 PM, Oct 30, 2008
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