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Suicide attempts in Australia?s PNG detention centre
Papua New Guinea’s detention centre on Manus Island, where Australia sends asylum seekers to be processed, has faced with mass demonstrations for more than a week, with reports stating that there have been a number of suicide attempts.
One asylum seeker, who requested anonymity, said that the situation had reached a “critical” stage...
Benefit-claiming Brits in EU countries outnumber immigrants on welfare in the UK
The number of British expats claiming benefits in European Union countries is larger than the number of immigrants from EU states on welfare in the UK, according to a new survey, which contradicts government figures.
The research, conducted by the Guardian, showed that a total at least 30,000 Brits are claiming unemployment benefits in 23...
Irish grandparents emigrate to Australia because they miss their children
Irish grandparents Eugene and Janet Bennis have missed their children so much they have decided to move to Australia to be with them.
The couple, who are in their fifties, have sold their home in Limerick after buying each other one-way tickets to the land Down Under. The money will now enable them to join their four children and four...
Illegal migration on the rise in Gulf of Aden region
The Gulf of Aden is experiencing an unprecedented rise in seaborne migration, with only the Mediterranean Sea recording higher numbers of illegal migrants, according to the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHRC).
The dramatic increase in the number of East Africans making the hazardous crossing near the Bab el Mandeb Straight is largely...
US-Cuba rumours spark surge in migration
Talk of another huge shift in US-Cuba policy has triggered a rise in Cuban migration over the past week, said the US Coast Guard.
Cubans have allegedly been told that the 20-year-old “wet foot, dry foot” policy is being scrapped on 15 January, which has left many of them desperately trying to reach the US before the apparent...
Irish Great Famine sitcom sparks outrage
A sitcom based on Ireland’s Great Famine has caused outrage, despite the fact it has yet to be written.
Hugh Travers, 31, is writing the Channel 4 commissioned show, called Hungry, based on the country’s huge famine and ensuing mass emigration to the US. He said that it would be a similar style to the popular British comedy Shameless,...
More Central Americans emigrate to US than any other group
Central Americans have moved ahead of Mexicans as the largest population of people to emigrate to the US.
For the first time ever, US Border Control detained more non-Mexicans than Mexicans in 2014, revealed a study published by the Pew Research Center. A record low 230,000 Mexicans were arrested at the border last year, similar to the...
Boat capsizes in Gulf of Aden; 24 Ethiopian migrants dead
Twenty-four Ethiopians have drowned after the boat they were travelling in sank off the coast of Yemen.
The migrants, who had been trying to enter Yemen illegally, died after their boat capsized near the port town of Mocha, in the country’s central Taizz province, according to the Yemen Interior Ministry. It added that the bodies of 24...
Ireland: Many trainee GPs want to emigrate
Up to one-third of trainee GPs in Ireland are ready to quit the country when they are fully qualified, according to a recent survey.
The survey, which quizzed third and fourth year trainees, showed that one-third of the 33 respondents said they intended to emigrate within 12 months of finishing their training.
In recent years, the...
Cambodian children more likely to emigrate that those in other Southeast Asia nations
Youngers in Cambodia are more likely to move abroad for work than their counterparts in Vietnam, Myanmar and Laos, revealed a report by World Vision.
The NGO questioned 869 Cambodians from the ages of 12 to 25 living in border areas and found that 20 per cent of them had travelled for work, in comparison to 19 per cent and Laos, and 11 and...
