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A woman carrying a child and belongings wades through floodwaters following heavy rainfall in Zhengzhou, Henan province, China July 23, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
China

Many migrant workers stranded in Chinese cities hit by floods

China's estimated 280 million rural migrant workers often flock to cities like Zhengzhou in search of better jobs, leaving behind families and only returning home once a year for the Lunar New...

A cross channel ferry is seen in the English Channel with the coast of France seen behind at dawn on the first day following the end of the Brexit transition period, seen from Dover, Britain, January 1, 2021. REUTERS
World+Biz

France, Britain beef up patrols, crack down on illegal migration

Lithuanian border guards detain migrants on Lithuania-Belarus border in Kalviai, Lithuania, July 7, 2021. REUTERS/Janis Laizans
World+Biz

Lithuania begins building barrier on border with Belarus to block migrants

Migrant workers’ vaccine registration starts
Migration

Migrant workers’ vaccine registration starts

A group of Tunisian migrants arrive on a rubber boat after being rescued by the Tunisian coast guard off the coast of Bizerte, Tunisia, on October 12, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi
World+Biz

Bangladeshi migrants among 43 drown in shipwreck off Tunisia

A migrant queues to embark on a ferry to the mainland, in the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, Italy, Jun 22, 2021. REUTERS/FILE
World+Biz

Seven migrants drown as boat capsizes off Italy's Lampedusa

Photo: Collected
Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Vaccine priority for migrant workers

Frank Agbontaen, 30, from Nigeria, poses for a portrait after cleaning a square to make extra money in Rome, Italy, June 3, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Analysis

For migrants, red tape turns Italian work permit scheme into mirage

Photo: IOM
Bangladesh

4,510 irregular Bangladeshi nationals went to Europe in 2020: IOM

Most illegal migrants use the sea route to Europe. Photo: Collected
Migration

4,510 irregular Bangladeshi migrants arrived Europe last year: Report 

Photo: UNB
Migration

Govt to help Saudi-bound workers with quarantine rents, vaccination

Unable to book quarantine hotels, Saudi-bound workers missing flights
Migration

Unable to book quarantine hotels, Saudi-bound workers missing flights

A foreign language children's book is pictured in the hands of Social worker Noor Zayed of the Stadtteilmuetter migrant integration project run by Protestant charity Diakonie in Berlin's district of Neukoelln, Germany May 4, 2021. Picture taken May 4, 2021. REUTERS/Annegret Hilse
Coronavirus chronicle

Germany's lengthy pandemic school closures hit migrant pupils hardest