Many more people smugglers arrested in 2020 than 2019

3 days, 10 hours ago

2 London residents try to smuggle Indians into UK in van compartment, arrested

Two Londoners, Shafaz Khan from Feltham and Choudhry Rashied from Southall, were sentenced to five years and three months in prison each on Tuesday for attempting to smuggle four Indian migrants into the UK. "This case displays the lengths people smugglers will go to disguise their criminal activity," said Dame Angela Eagle, Minister for Border Security and Asylum, reported The …

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4 days, 10 hours ago

Illegal immigrant arrests at US-Mexico border fall below Trump-era figures

India Today

The number of migrants arrested illegally crossing the US-Mexico border in December was lower than when President-elect Donald Trump ended his first term in 2020, according to preliminary figures shared with Reuters, a relative calm that Trump could upend with sweeping changes. The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the border with Mexico rose to record highs during outgoing Democratic …

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1 week, 2 days ago

UK plans tough laws to fight people smugglers

Hindustan Times

LONDON, - Suspected people smugglers will face severe curbs under new laws in Britain, the government said on Thursday, as it steps up efforts to fight illegal migration and strengthen border security. UK plans tough laws to fight people smugglers Those suspected will face travel bans, social media blackouts and restrictions on phone usage to help the government "dismantle organised …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Suspected people smugglers to face travel and phone bans under new laws

The Independent

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46 illegal B’deshi immigrants nabbed in ongoing crackdown

Hindustan Times

As part of a two-month drive to identify and deport illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in Delhi, the police have apprehended 46 Bangladeshi nationals between December 10 and December 28, senior police officers aware of the crackdown said on Sunday. These individuals were either staying illegally or overstaying their visa periods, police said, adding that of these 46 individuals, 36 were identified …

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Delhi Police crackdown on illegal Bangladeshi immigrants continues, 7 deported today

Hindustan Times

Seven illegal immigrants, including five women, were nabbed and deported from south Delhi, police officials told news agency PTI on Sunday. Delhi Police officials check documents of people during a verification drive to identify illegal Bangladeshi immigrants Deputy commissioner of police, south Delhi, Ankit Chauhan said that a campaign had been launched by the police to catch illegal Bangladesh immigrants …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

653 illegal immigrants deported by police from Navi Mumbai

Hindustan Times

NAVI MUMBAI: The police department has intensified its drive against illegal immigrants and begun working on concrete measures to prevent those deported from returning to India. After deporting 653 people, including 14 Bangladeshi nationals and 639 nationals of various African countries, the Navi Mumbai police have now started taking the biometrics of those unable to provide any proof of their …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump wants mass deportations. A ride-along with immigration officers shows some of the challenges

LA Times

The immigration officers sat in their vehicles before dawn near a two-story building. But Homan also has signaled that enforcement could be wider: “If you’re in the country illegally, you got a problem,” he said recently on Dr. Phil’s Merit TV. “You’re not going to be able to do both of those with the resources you have, with the deportation …

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12 arrested as cops bust gang involved in illegal immigration from Bangladesh

Hindustan Times

The Delhi Police on Tuesday said they have arrested 12 people, including five illegal Bangladeshi migrants after they busted an “organised immigration syndicate” that helped Bangladeshi citizens illegally enter India and acquire Indian identities after associates helped them prepare Indian IDs such as Aadhar and Voter cards using forged documents. Officers arrested two Bangladeshi couples illegally residing in India and …

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Delhi Police busts Bangladeshi immigration racket, arrests 11, identifies over 1,000 illegal immigrants

Live Mint

In a major breakthrough, Delhi Police dismantled an illegal immigration racket, arresting 11 individuals involved in forging documents and aiding the entry of Bangladeshi nationals into India. Deputy Commissioner of Police, Ankit Chauhan, explained that the suspects provided fake Aadhaar cards, voter IDs, and other forged documents to facilitate illegal entry. As part of the ongoing operations, 175 individuals have …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Delhi: Illegal immigration hub busted, 11 persons including tech experts and document forgers arrested

Op India

Delhi Police has busted a major illegal immigration racket, arresting 11 individuals, including document forgers, Aadhaar operators, and tech experts involved in creating fake websites, officials said. According to Deputy Commissioner of Police South, Ankit Chauhan, the accused facilitated Bangladeshi nationals by producing counterfeit Aadhaar cards, voter IDs, and other forged documents via a fake website. He further mentioned that …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Trump wants mass deportations. A ride-along with immigration officers shows the challenges

Associated Press

NEW YORK — The immigration officers sat in their vehicles before dawn near a two-story building. But Homan also has signaled that enforcement could be wider: “If you’re in the country illegally you got a problem,” he said recently on Dr. Phil’s Merit TV. “You’re not going to be able to do both of those with the resources you have, …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Trump wants mass deportations. A ride-along with immigration officers shows the challenges

India Today

NEW YORK: The immigration officers sat in their vehicles before dawn near a two-story building. But Homan also has signaled that enforcement could be wider: “If you’re in the country illegally you got a problem,” he said recently on Dr. Phil’s Merit TV. “You’re not going to be able to do both of those with the resources you have, with …

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3 weeks ago

Selfies undid a people smuggling ring using EasyJet and Ryanair to sneak migrants into the UK

The Independent

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4 weeks ago

Delhi Police arrested 42 people running fake passport rackets in 2024

Hindustan Times

New Delhi, Delhi Police on Friday said it busted multiple transnational fake passport rackets and arrested 42 people, including 13 Bangladeshi nationals, this year, an officer said. Delhi Police arrested 42 people running fake passport rackets in 2024 Of the total arrests, 23 people were found to be operating as agents, while the others as passengers. Deputy Commissioner of Police …

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4 weeks ago

EU nations agree a crackdown on migrant smugglers. Some fear it may target people trying to help

Associated Press

BRUSSELS — European Union countries agreed on Friday a draft law aimed at preventing and countering migrant smuggling, which critics say could be used to target people or charity groups that try to help migrants in trouble. The draft contains a “humanitarian clause” which would “specify that certain assistance to irregular migrants, notably assistance to close family members or support …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Migrant arrests at US borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, senior official says

Hindustan Times

By Ted Hesson Migrant arrests at US borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, senior official says WASHINGTON, - The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, a senior U.S. border official told Reuters, part of a months-long trend that undercuts President-elect Donald Trump's claim illegal immigration is out of …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Militia detains 300 migrants in the desert in Libya’s effort to contain sea crossings

Associated Press

TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan military officials said Monday they apprehended hundreds of migrants traversing the country’s vast desert hoping to ultimately cross the Mediterranean Sea in pursuit of a better life in Europe. The 444 Brigade, a powerful militia group that operates under the auspices of the Libyan army, said in a statement that its patrolling commanders detained more than …

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Major French Trial Casts Light on Deadly Migrant Smuggling Trade

Associated Press

A major trial in France is set to conclude on Tuesday, with 18 people facing charges related to the deadly migrant-smuggling trade between France and the U.K. The trial sheds light on the clandestine business and the dangers faced by migrants attempting the crossing on small and often overloaded boats. The defendants, mostly from Iraq, Iran, Poland, France, and the …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Fact-checking Trump’s biggest claims on immigration: How do they measure up?

LA Times

Migrants, according to former President Trump, are violent criminals, voting illegally, eating your pets, draining emergency disaster funding and stealing your job. How many migrants entered U.S. under Biden Trump’s claim: “Twenty-one million people came in over the last three years with them,” he said. They’re violent criminals and murderers Trump’s claim: Last month on Truth Social, Trump claimed that …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Mexican Cartel Controls Flow of Migrants on Their Way to the US Border

Associated Press

The article explores the intricate and complex control exercised by organized crime over the flow of migrants on their journey to the US border. It highlights the strict control of who moves here by cartel members, with migrants often forced to pay hefty ransoms for their release. The article also sheds light on the violence and extortion tactics employed by …

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3 months ago

Migrant, 32, who was jailed in the UK before being deported sneaks back into Britain and wins the right to stay... under the ECHR

Daily Mail

A deported Albanian migrant used a legal loophole to sneak back into Britain and won the right to stay under the European Convention on Human Rights. A group of people thought to be migrants on a dinghy across the Channel on Saturday A group of sixteen people thought to be migrants of a small boat on the Channel Tory leadership …

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3 months ago

Britain has most illegal migrants in Europe, study finds

The Telegraph

Senior Tories demanded that Sir Keir Starmer rethink Labour’s approach after the Prime Minister scrapped a scheme in which asylum seekers would have been sent to Rwanda while they were processed. James Cleverly, the shadow home secretary, said: “We need to deter people from coming here illegally and to root them out of our economy when they are here.” Robert …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Immigration detention's epidemic levels of self-harm paint Australia as a 'brutal outlier' among peers

ABC

Detainees in Australian immigration centres are self-harming or threatening self-harm at an alarming rate, with an average of 1.5 incidents recorded by Home Affairs every day over the last five years among a population of just over 1,000 people. Data compiled by the Department of Home Affairs and obtained by the ABC shows the prevalence of severe mental health issues …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Border arrests are expected to rise slightly in August, hinting 5-month drop may have bottomed out

The Independent

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Rogue bosses employing illegal immigrants are threatened with heavy fines after 75 people were held in crackdown swoops on dodgy nail bars and car washes

Daily Mail

Hundreds of 'dodgy employers' face heavy fines of up to £60,000 after at least 75 suspected illegal immigrants were detained during a week-long crackdown. Home Secretary Yvette Cooper slammed 'dodgy employers' for bringing people illegally to the UK and forcing them to work in 'appalling conditions for a pittance' An immigration enforcement officer in Northern Ireland uses an interpreter service …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Dozens of illegal workers detained in immigration crackdown on ‘dodgy employers’

The Independent

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Number of Channel boat migrants granted asylum rises 400% in a year after Rishi Sunak's bid to empty expensive hotel rooms

Daily Mail

The number of channel boat arrivals being granted asylum rose four-fold in the past year as the former Tory government tried to cut a massive backlog of cases and empty expensive hotel rooms. New Home Office figures released today show that more than 25,000 people were granted asylum in the year to June, up from 6,600 in the same period …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Yvette Cooper: I’ll lock up and deport more migrants

The Telegraph

Yvette Cooper has pledged to detain more illegal migrants and carry out a record number of deportations. The Home Secretary will expand immigration detention centres as part of a plan to remove more than 14,500 illegal migrants in the next six months. Nearly 300 extra places are to be created at two controversial immigration removal centres where illegal migrants and …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Border arrests drop 33% to a 46-month low in July after asylum restrictions take hold

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plummeted 33% in July to the lowest level since September 2020, a result of asylum being temporarily suspended, authorities said Friday. Asylum was halted at the border June 5 because arrests for illegal crossings topped a threshold of 2,500 a day, though a lack of deportation flights prevents authorities from …

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5 months ago

Over fourfold surge in cases filed over illicit traffic of drugs since 2020: Data

Hindustan Times

The number of cases registered under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act — with provisions to detain habitual drug traffickers for a year and attach their properties — has gone up by over four times in the last few years, people familiar with the matter said, pointing to the extensive use of the stringent …

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5 months, 1 week ago

US arrests at Mexico border are expected to drop 30% in July to a new low for Biden’s presidency

Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — Arrests of migrants for illegally crossing the border to the United States from Mexico plummeted about 30% in July to a new low for Joe Biden’s presidency, U.S. authorities said, raising prospects that a temporary ban on asylum may be lifted soon. But the monthly tally was expected be around 57,000 when all are tallied, down from …

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5 months, 1 week ago

U.S. border arrests during July plummeted to a new low for Biden’s presidency

LA Times

Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection last year in Eagle Pass, Texas. U.S. arrests at the Mexican border have plummeted about 30% in July to a new low for the Biden presidency, authorities said, raising prospects that a temporary ban on asylum may …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Five months in prison for threatening Tubbergen mayor over asylum hotel

NL Times

The court in Almelo has sentenced a 49-year-old man from Albergen to five months in prison, with three of those conditionally suspended, for threatening the mayor Anko Postma of the municipality of Tubbergen and illegal possession of a weapon. The suspect is not allowed to contact the mayor for three years; he is also banned from the mayor’s living area …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Border arrests plunge 29% in June to the lowest of Biden’s presidency as asylum halt takes hold

Associated Press

SAN DIEGO — Arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico plunged 29% in June, the lowest month of Joe Biden’s presidency, according to figures released Monday that provide another window on the impact of a new rule to temporarily suspend asylum. Arrests totaled 83,536 in June, down from 117,901 in May to mark the lowest tally since January 2021, …

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5 months, 4 weeks ago

108 agents held this year for human trafficking and illegal immigration: IGI Airport police data

Hindustan Times

At least 108 agents involved in human trafficking using forged passports and visas were arrested till June 30 this year as part of a nationwide crackdown carried out by the Indira Gandhi International Airport police, senior police officers aware of the police action said, adding that arrests have seen a nearly 90% rise from the same period last year. IGI …

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6 months ago

Arrest of 108 Indian immigration agents reveals all about donkey route to US

India Today

When an elderly Sikh man standing in the queue at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport spoke, the CISF officials smelt something was not adding up. In the last six months, IGI Airport Police has arrested 108 fraudulent immigration agents, according to Delhi Police data, reports news agency ANI. POLICE RETURNING TO OLD CASES TO NAB AGENTS Delhi Police have …

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6 months ago

Labour to allow 100,000 migrants to apply for asylum

The Telegraph

Their arrival takes the total who have crossed the Channel so far this year to a record 13,600 for this point in the year, the highest since the first migrants crossed in January 2018. Asked if those arriving by small boats would now have the right to claim asylum, the Prime Minister’s official spokesman said: “We need to ensure that …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Border patrol officers falsely imprisoned 9-year-old U.S. citizen, judge rules

LA Times

Dozens of people seeking asylum are detained by the Border Patrol after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in 2024. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol must pay a family $1.5 million after officers falsely imprisoned a 9-year-old girl and her teenage brother entering the United States from Mexico to go to school, a federal judge ruled this month. U.S. District Judge Gonzalo …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Border Patrol reports arrests are down 25% since Biden announced new asylum restrictions

LA Times

A Border Patrol agent leads a group of migrants seeking asylum towards a van to be transported and processed June 5 near Dulzura, Calif. The number of arrests by Border Patrol agents of people illegally crossing into the United States fell in May to the third-lowest of any month during the Biden presidency, while preliminary figures released Thursday show encounters …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Border Patrol reports arrests are down 25% since Biden announced new asylum restrictions

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The number of arrests by Border Patrol agents of people illegally crossing into the United States fell in May to the third lowest of any month during the Biden presidency, while preliminary figures released Thursday show encounters with migrants falling even more in the roughly two weeks since the president announced new rules restricting asylum. Border Patrol made …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Border Patrol reports arrests are down 25% since Biden announced new asylum restrictions

The Independent

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

8 people with possible Islamic State ties arrested in U.S. on immigration violations

LA Times

Eight people from Tajikistan with suspected ties to the Islamic State group have been arrested in the United States in recent days, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. The arrests took place in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles and the individuals, who entered the U.S. through the southern border, are being held on immigration violations, said the …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Dutch trucker caught with 47 undocumented migrants convicted of people smuggling

NL Times

The court sentenced a Dutch truck driver to four years in prison, six months of which conditionally suspended, for trying to smuggle 47 people onto the ferry to England. The Dutch authorities caught the man in Hoek van Holland on December 5 last year when sniffer dogs alerted to the suspect’s truck at the border crossing point for the ferry …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

10 detained in large-scale raid in Germany targeting human smuggling gang that exploits visa permits

Associated Press

BERLIN — German authorities conducted a large-scale raid against an international human smuggling gang early Wednesday, police said in a statement. More than 1,000 police officers searched dozens of homes, stores and offices across western and southern Germany and detained 10 suspects, including two lawyers. The suspects are accused of having illegally taken advantage of special German immigration rules reserved …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Arrests for illegal border crossings nudge up in February but still among lowest of Biden presidency

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The number of arrests for illegally crossing the U.S. southern border with Mexico nudged upward February over the previous month. According to figures from Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol agents made 140,644 arrests of people attempting to enter the country between the legal border crossing points during February. The Biden administration counters by saying Republicans failed to …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Britain's FBI arrest six in raids on people smuggling gang after 100 migrants were found in lorry trailers coming through Dover into UK

Daily Mail

Six people have been arrested in raids on a suspected smuggling gang accused of bringing migrants from the UK to France in lorries. The suspects were arrested as part of a National Crime Agency operation, with dawn raids carried out across various addresses in north London on Wednesday. Six people have been arrested in raids on a suspected smuggling gang …

9 months, 3 weeks ago

NCPCR team inspects Muslim girls’ orphanage, alleges human trafficking

The Hindu

Tension prevailed for some time when a team led by NCPCR chairman Priyank Kanoongo visited an orphanage for Muslim women at Ashwathnagar in Amarjyothi Layout for inspection and claimed that there was a human trafficking racket in the garb of marrying off the residents of the orphanage to people in the Gulf countries. Mr. Kanoongo later told the media: “It …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Illegal border crossings from Mexico reach highest on record in December before January lull

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico reached an all-time high in December since monthly numbers have been released, authorities said Friday, exposing a growing vulnerability for President Joe Biden in his campaign for a second term. The Border Patrol tallied 249,785 arrests on the Mexican border in December, up 31% from 191,112 in November and up 13% …

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1 year ago

625 arrests, 1040 raids, 513 chargesheets and 74 convictions: Here's how NIA battled against terrorists, and jihadists in the year 2023

Op India

In 2023, the National Investigation Agency attached assets valued at approximately Rs 56 crores and achieved an astounding conviction rate of 94.70 percent in its battle against terrorism. The 74 defendants found guilty in 2023 received punishments including varying terms of “rigorous imprisonment” and “fines.” NIA’s fight against absconders As far as the absconders are concerned, the NIA found and …

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