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Pakistan, Iran deport over 3,300 migrants in one day!
Photo credit: Aljazeera Afghan migrants in Pakistan and Iran are living in fear of deportation. AMU reports that as the deportations continue, more than 3,300 Afghan nationals have been returned to Afghanistan on Thursday from Pakistan and Iran, the Taliban-run centre for refugees said. In a daily report, the commission said 622 families comprising 3,371 individuals were…
Border Patrol shoot two in Portland!
Photo credit: NBC News US Customs and Border Protection agents have shot two people in Portland, Oregon, just a day after an ICE officer shot and killed a mother-of-three in Minneapolis. The Daily Mail reports that Department of Homeland Security officials said Border Patrol agents were conducting a targeted vehicle stop at 2.19 pm outside Adventist…
US withholds $160m from California over foreign truck-driver licences!
Photo credit: AP News The US Department of Transportation said on Wednesday it is withholding $160 million in federal funds from the state of California for failing to cancel over 17,o000 improperly issued commercial driver’s licences held by non-US citizens. Reuters reports that the department first warned in September that it could take action. The…
TFWs switch jobs and earn more after becoming permanent residents!
Photo credit: the globe and mail Temporary foreign workers in Canada who are granted permanent residency tend to achieve greater economic mobility. They move up the economic ladder more quickly and secure wage increases in the years after settling, a new study has found. The Globe and Mail reports that the paper was published in December by…
Right to protest under attack in England and Wales!
Photo credit: the Guardian Authorities in the United Kingdom have severely restricted the right to protest. The Mirage reports that it contravenes their international human rights obligations, creating an environment in which peaceful dissent is increasingly treated as a criminal act, according to Human Rights Watch. A 47-page report, “‘Silencing the Streets’: The Right to Protest Under Attack…
Why Canadian Jews are averse to identifying as “Zionists”
Photo credit: Facebook Some Canadian Jews refuse to refer to them elves as Zionists, not because they don’t support the right of self-determination for Jews and the existence of a Jewish state, according to a newly published study. The National Post reports that it’s largely due to a perceived negative connotation associated with the term, notably…
International students at Berlin university face deportation!
Photo credit: Euro News Around 300 i international students at a private university in Berlin have received deportation notices after the local immigration authority said it did not recognize their degree program. I AM EXPAT reports that the students of the International University (IU), Berlin, received their deportation notices since March 2025 Deep Shambarkar – an Indian national who…