MANILA, Sept 16, 2008 (AFP) - Large-scale labour migration from the Philippines is expected to gather pace despite a global credit crunch that has slowed growth in many nations hosting Filipino workers, officials and experts said Tuesday.

JOHANNESBURG, August 27, 2008 (AFP) - Experts on Wednesday slammed what they called South Africa's lack of a migration policy on Africans, saying it was a major reason for recent bloody anti-immigrant violence.

The number of immigrants coming into Ireland has dropped sharply, with arrivals from EU newcomer ...

GENEVA, July 18, 2008 (AFP) - Ten United Nations human rights experts on Friday said they have written to the European Union expressing their concerns over the bloc's new rules on illegal immigrants.

LONDON, July 16, 2008 (AFP) - A BBC investigation has exposed a criminal network in London that exploits hundreds of illegal immigrants from India through cheap housing, faked documents and poorly paid, often dangerous work.

The network operates in a west London neighbourhood, acquiring forged passports, driving licences and social security papers, the BBC said Wednesday.

BANGKOK, July 12, 2008 (AFP) - A leading rights group accused Thai authorities Saturday of intimidating and forcibly deporting ethnic Hmong to neighbouring Laos after they escaped a refugee camp last month.

DUBLIN, June 30, 2008 (AFP) - There were 420,000 immigrants from 188 countries living in Ireland at the time of the last nationwide census, a major change in a country known for emigration, an analysis published Monday said.

'There were non-Irish nationals living in every town in Ireland,' the Central Statistics Officer (CSO) study of the 2006 census said.

TRIPOLI, June 4, 2008 (AFP) - Libya sent home 30,940 illegal immigrants last year at its own expense and is seeking one billion euros in aid to cope with the the flow of illegals, a senior official said on Wednesday.

'We calculate (we have) one million clandestine immigrants, which is some 20 percent of the total population,' said interior ministry Colonel Abdel Monem Ayad.

KABUL, June 1, 2008 (AFP) - More than 120,000 refugees have returned to Afghanistan this year with UN help, the world body's refugee agency said Sunday, warning the country had limited capacity to take people back.

An immigrant support group in Ireland called Thursday for tougher anti-racism laws following research that highlights problems experienced by Chinese, Indians, Lithuanians and Nigerians.

'Some of the experiences recounted by migrants who took part in the research do not make for comfortable reading,' said Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) chief executive Denise Charlton.