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Photo credit: Human Rights watch The Malaysian Immigration Department has arrested 125 illegal immigrants during a raid on a 19-storey building in Setapak, early today. The Sun reports that Kuala Lumpur Immigration director Wan Mohamed Saupee Wan Yusoff confirmed the operation. It resulted in the detention of 81 men and 43 women, and one child. The detainees included 79…

Photo credit: GroundUp The office of Premier Panyaza Lesuti of Gauteng, South Africa, has failed to back up his claim that most residents of informal settlements in the province are undocumented immigrants. Ground Up reports that he had announced a crackdown on informal settlements, claiming that most of their residents are undocumented migrants. However, his office is…

Photo credit: ASYCUDA Pacific The Cook Islands immigration has launched the 2nd generation of the ASYCUDAWorld Passenger Module (ASYPX). Scop World reports that by doing this, the Cook Islands Immigration has reduced the passenger processing time to an average of less than 60 seconds. The UN Trade and Development-backed ASYCUDA technologies, specifically ASYPX, are a fully…

Photo credit: Human Rights Watch Hundreds of migrant workers employed in Saudi Arabia by the manufacturing and supply company Sendan International did not receive their salaries for up to eight months/ Human Rights Watch reports that they include workers employed in the state-owned oil company Aramco project sites. Migrant workers were often stranded without pay for months, forced into undocumented status, or left…

Photo credit: The Hub As the political debate over immigration heats up again in Canada, a group that works to support newcomers says immigrants need a sense of both belonging and optimism to convince them to stay. Toronto Today reports that the Institute for Canadian Citizenship published a survey of roughly 5,000 immigrants on Tuesday, focused…

Photo credit: Reuters International aid initiative Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) has said one of its boats was attacked at Tunisia’s Sidi Bou port. The Guardian reports it as the second such strike in two days. The GSF is seeking to break Israel’s naval blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza by using civilian boats….

Photo credit: Al jazeera Nepal has lifted a social media ban imposed last week. SBS news reports that the reversal was not until 19 people had been killed. A curfew has since been imposed o the country’s capital, Kathmandu, according to a minister. Government spokesman cum communication and information technology minister Prithvi Subba Gurung said, the…