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Migrants/Migration (legal)

Britain exempts care workers from plan to impose long delays on immigrants seeking residence

Britain’s Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says migrants who don’t play by the rules will be refused or wait longer under the new rules. 
Britain’s Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says migrants who don’t play by the rules will be refused or wait longer under the new rules. 

Seven migrants die in seas off Spain's Canary Islands

Two men dead, baby critically ill after migrant boat reaches Spain's El Hierro island

A migrant is taken to an ambulance after disembarking from a Spanish coast guard vessel at the port of La Restinga, on the island of El Hierro, Spain, October 30, 2026. REUTERS/Jesus Cabrera
A migrant is taken to an ambulance after disembarking from a Spanish coast guard vessel at the port of La Restinga, on the island of El Hierro, Spain, October 30, 2026. REUTERS/Jesus Cabrera

Judge orders Spanish government to declassify more material on Ceuta border surge

Police officers detain migrants and tighten security a few months after mass border crossing into the spanish enclave of Ceuta, many migrants remain living on the streets in makeshift camps, in Ceuta, Spain, October 23, 2026, in this screengrab taken from a handout video. FARO TV/Handout via REUTERS
Police officers detain migrants and tighten security a few months after mass border crossing into the spanish enclave of Ceuta, many migrants remain living on the streets in makeshift camps, in Ceuta, Spain, October 23, 2026, in this screengrab taken from a handout video. FARO TV/Handout via REUTERS

Spain deports African, Asian asylum seekers to Morocco amid rights group outcry

Spanish police rounding up migrants in Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta on Oct 18.
Spanish police rounding up migrants in Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta on Oct 18.

Field Notes from Hyderabad

‘Trump is temporary, Balaji is permanent’: Devotees at India’s ‘visa temple’ pray harder for visas

Visitors outside the Balaji Temple in Chilkur, near Hyderabad in Telangana.
Visitors outside the Balaji Temple in Chilkur, near Hyderabad in Telangana.

Trump deportees to Sierra Leone risk being forced home, rights group says

US President Donald Trump returns to the White House after disembarking from Marine One, following his visit to Iowa, in Washington, DC, US, October 23, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
US President Donald Trump returns to the White House after disembarking from Marine One, following his visit to Iowa, in Washington, DC, US, October 23, 2026. REUTERS/Nathan Howard

Australian migration cuts to take heavy toll on economy with worker shortages expected

Businesses say the cuts will instead worsen worker shortages across the economy.
Businesses say the cuts will instead worsen worker shortages across the economy.

Italy, Spain lift border controls brought in after Ceuta migrant rush

FILE PHOTO: Improvised migrant center following recent mass crossings of migrants from Morocco into Ceuta, Spain, October 1, 2026. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Improvised migrant center following recent mass crossings of migrants from Morocco into Ceuta, Spain, October 1, 2026. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo

Spain's rush to clear Ceuta migrant backlog raises rights concerns

FILE PHOTO: Fatna, 21 years, collects the laundry at San Antonio attention center for migrants, where she found shelter after crossing the border pregnant with her 3-year-old son and her husband, amongst the recent mass crossings of migrants from Morocco to Ceuta, Spain, September 30, 2026. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Fatna, 21 years, collects the laundry at San Antonio attention center for migrants, where she found shelter after crossing the border pregnant with her 3-year-old son and her husband, amongst the recent mass crossings of migrants from Morocco to Ceuta, Spain, September 30, 2026. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo

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