The number of Chinese citizens applying for short-term visas to visit South Korea has more than doubled since Seoul lifted its Covid-19 related entry restrictions on February 11, according to the country's embassy in Beijing. The surge in applications is…
Far-right affiliated groups are planning five anti-migrant demonstrations in the UK, leading to asylum seekers living in fear. A recent meeting in Dunstable to discuss concerns about asylum seekers saw locals airing complaints such as the asylum seekers were taking…
Portugal's Prime Minister, António Costa, announced that the country will end its golden visa program. This program allowed large investors from outside the EU to fast-track their residence permits, in an effort to combat property speculation. The program, known as…
Vulnerable men from India and Pakistan are being tricked into arranged marriages and trafficked to Hong Kong where they work as bonded labourers and indentured servants for their in-laws, too afraid or ashamed to speak out. Shahid Sandhu’s sense of…
From Monday, Hongkongers can renew their SAR passports at the Immigration Department’s offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Guangzhou, the department said. They can submit their applications and collect their new passports at the department office stationed at Hong Kong’s…
The Hong Kong administration has contacted the Interior Ministry to seek action against the increasing number of illegal Pakistani immigrants sneaking entry into Hong Kong with false hopes of ‘refugee status’. A well placed source in the Interior Ministry informed…
Teresa Mullan has lived in Australia for more than half a century. During that time, she has raised children here, worked for three governments, voted at 10 federal elections and travelled the world on an Australian passport. But when she…
A Mainland pregnant woman and three Hong Kong residents were sentenced to 10 months' to 13 months' imprisonment at Sha Tin Magistrates' Courts on May 6 and today (May 16) for a case of conspiracy to defraud and conspiracy to…
A Pakistani illegal worker holding an Immigration recognisance form was jailed at Shatin Magistrates' Courts yesterdayDuring a joint operation with the Hong Kong Police Force and the Labour Department codenamed "Champion" conducted on March 15, enforcement officers found one male…
The Immigration Department (ImmD) mounted a series of territory-wide enforcement operations on May 25 and yesterday (May 26), including operations codenamed "Twilight" and a joint operation with the Hong Kong Police Force codenamed "Windsand", to combat illegal employment activities. A…