Pope Francis called for an end to “indifference” to the plight of refugees on Monday on a visit to an Italian island where tens of thousands of migrants from Africa and the Middle East first reach Europe.

Nearly 90 people are missing after an overloaded boat carrying Rohingya refugees towards Malaysia sank off Bangladesh early on Wednesday, the second such tragedy in less than a fortnight, officials sa

Nearly 90 people are missing after an overloaded boat carrying Rohingya refugees towards Malaysia sank off Bangladesh early on Wednesday, the second such tragedy in less than a fortnight, officials sa

The major railway stations of the state are fast turning into a shelter for the mentally challenged and abandoned, who arrive on trains from Bihar, Orissa and other northern states.

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Even as hundreds of Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu perished at sea in recent months undertaking the perilous journey to the faraway Christmas Islands and Cocoa Islands, in the hope of winning asylu

At least 25 migrants — as yet of unknown nationality — were found dead on Monday in a boat carrying nearly 300 refugees to an Italian island, officials said.