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There were over 127,000 "unauthorised entries" by migrants recorded in Germany in 2023, the highest since the Europe Migrant Crisis of 2015.

A French spending watchdog has criticised Britain for failing to do enough to help prevent small boat crossings.

Most international students, including Indians, starting courses at British universities this month will no longer be able to bring family members under tougher UK visa norms effective from Monday.

The Czech government extended temporary controls on the country's border with Slovakia on Wednesday until Feb. 2, Interior Minister Vit Rakusan said, maintaining the measures set up to fight illegal migration. The Czech Republic, along with Germany, Poland and Austria, introduced the controls in September and October as the numbers of migrants crossing into richer western European countries grew. "We are reacting to situation in neighbouring countries that are also extending (checks)...

The UK Home Office said the changes are aimed at clamping down on people using the student visa as a backdoor route to work in the UK and will see an estimated 140,000 fewer people come to the UK

Busloads of migrants heading for New York City have devised a strategy to sidestep an executive order recently signed by its Mayor, making a detour in New Jersey, stopping at railway stations there to drop off the arrivals.

From 1 January 2024, tough government action means most international students can now no longer bring family members to the UK.

The porous border along the India-Myanmar has witnessed large-scale smuggling of goods, drugs, arms and ammunition. Following the clashes in Manipur in May 2023, the Centre embarked on a project to examine ways to fence the border which has been completed by multiple agencies. Once the smart fencing is completed, the free movement regime (FMR) along the India-Myanmar border will be discontinued and those trying to come or go on either side will have to obtain visas from the respective countries,...

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UK Minister for Legal Migration and the Border Tom Pursglove says the government will work with universities to design an 'alternative approach' for the brightest and the best to bring dependants to the UK’s world-leading universities while continuing to reduce net migration