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Indians become Australia’s largest migrant group
IIndians have become Australia’s largest migrant group, overtaking the English for the first time amid ongoing pushback against migrants. Independent reports that data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed that at least 971,020 India-born people were living in Australia as of 30 June 2025. They make up roughly 5.2 per cent of…
Immigration minister says she’s accountable after former IRGC official granted a visa
Photo credit: the Canadian Times Immigration Minister Lena Diab says she’s accountable after a former Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps official was granted a visa. The Canadian Press however reports that she says she didn’t know about the decision made by her department. Online news outlet Iran International reported Monday that Iranian Football Federation president Mehdi Taj…
Johannesburg demonstrators demand tougher stance on illegal migration
Photo credit: BBC Anti-immigration protests intensified in Johannesburg on Wednesday, as hundreds of South Africans marched against undocumented migrants and called for stricter enforcement of immigration laws. Face2FaceAfrica reports that the rally followed similar demonstrations a day earlier in Pretoria, signalling a growing, coordinated push by anti-immigration groups pressing authorities to tighten enforcement and carry out large-scale…
Amnesty International report warns of deepening Indigenous people”s housing crisis
Photo credit: CBC A new report by Amnesty International warns that overcrowded and unsafe housing in an Atikamekw community north of Montreal reflects a broader crisis putting Indigenous people’s health, safety and rights at risk across Canada. The Canadian Press reports that in Manawan, about 250 kilometres north of Montreal, community leaders say families are…
17 migrants perish at sea, 9 missing feared dead
Photo credit: DW At least 17 migrants died and nine are missing after their boat broke down and drifted for eight days in the Mediterranean Sea, Libya’s Red Crescent and Libyan security sources said on Wednesday. Asharq Al-Awsat reports that the Red Crescent said that the volunteers in cooperation with naval forces and coast guards of…
EU lawmakers clash over fundamental rights, etc
Photo credit: Human Rights Watch Right-wing and far-right groups on Tuesday criticized EU institutions over freedom of expression anf=d migration policies during a European Parliament (EP) debate over a report on fundamental human rights. AA reports that while opening the debate on the state of fundamental human rights in the EU for 2024 and 2025,…
Canada annnounces $6B skilled trades program
Photo credit: the Globe and Mail As the federal government looks to make “generational investments in structure,” it also wants to ensure Canada has enough workers to build it. Toronto Today reports that in its spring economic update tabled Tuesday, Mark Carney’s Liberal government acknowledged that the country is expected to “face a persistent gap of…