“Quality of life” has emerged as the top motivator for respondents in the global mobility survey — titled ‘The Top Reasons Why People Want to Move to Different Countries’ — undertaken by Remitly, gathering responses from more than 4,500 people across 26 countries.
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Deported Punjab woman Harjit Kaur, who stayed in US for 30 years, claims she was denied medicines at US detention centre
Harjit Kaur, a 73-year-old woman of Indian origin who was recently deported from the United States, has alleged that she was denied medicines and served non-vegetarian food while being held in a detention centre
Donald Trump slams UN over ‘uncontrolled migration’
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday targeted the United Nations and warned the world leaders over uncontrolled migration
Trump to impose USD 100,000 fee per year for H1B visas; Indian techies likely to be impacted
US President Donald Trump has signed a petition that will impose an annual $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas.
H-1B visa system forces Indian to leave; US citizen calls out “no sense” policy
Nathan Platter, a senior data analyst, according to his LinkedIn profile, wrote an anguished post on the online professional network, starting with: “We let her study here. Work here. Pay taxes here. And now we’re kicking her out? My friend is moving back to India after 8 years in the U.S. (4 undergrad + 2 grad school + 2 working) because she couldn’t land a new job in the arbitrary 60-day grace period for H1B visa holders.”
US Immigration raid at Hyundai–LG Plant in Georgia detains 475 workers, mostly South Koreans
US federal agents arrested 475 workers at the construction site of a Hyundai Motor–LG Energy Solution joint venture plant in Georgia
Shami, Anoushka among high-profile women telling UK people to stop linking immigration to sexual crimes
In an exclusive report on the open letter, The Guardian said: “The open letter, titled Women Against the Far Right, follows a surge in protests outside accommodation housing asylum seekers and far-right attempts to exploit a number of cases of alleged sexual crimes involving asylum seekers.”
India on UK’s ‘Deport Now, Appeal Later’ expanded list for foreign criminals
In an announcement, the UK Home Office confirmed that the scope of its “Deport Now, Appeal Later” scheme will be nearly trebled from 8 countries to 23, with foreign nationals from these countries to be deported to their home countries before they can appeal against that decision.
“Island of Strangers”: British woman slammed for bigotry, as she reports Indian staff for speaking Hindi at London Heathrow store
A British woman named Lucy White, who positions herself as a “Public Policy Specialist” in her X bio, has raised hackles by complaining to Marks & Spencer about Indian staff members speaking in Hindi among themselves at the quintessentially British fashion brand’s store within London Heathrow airport.
Passport-less system at Changi Airport cuts immigration clearance time by 60 per cent using facial and iris biometrics
Passport-less immigration clearance had been fully implemented across all of Changi Airport’s four terminals since September 30, 2024. Within a fortnight, by October 15, around 1.5 million travellers have used this new system, which cuts the average clearance time per traveller by 60 per cent, from 25 seconds to 10 seconds.
