immigrants

Trump’s border wall spending creates a billionaire family

Fisher Sand & Gravel has won more than US$8 billion in government contracts since July

The low birth rate among residents and an ageing population pose challenges for the private housing market.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Migrants key to Singapore private housing’s long-term health amid low births

More foreigners becoming PRs and citizens can support demand for private homes

Smoke rising after an Iranian drone was intercepted over the Bahrain Financial Harbour towers, which house the Israeli embassy, Mar 6., 2026.

‘I’ll do my job or someone else will take it’: Why many Asians are staying put in the Gulf amid war

Many say they are feeling safe but are anxious about the increasing hostilities

Those not born in the UK are twice as likely to work nights as those born in the country, according to official data from 2022.

‘We are ghosts’: Britain’s migrant workers who work the graveyard shift

Migrant workers are increasingly doing the jobs that locals shun

Rising public unease has focused on masked federal agents using aggressive tactics such as deploying tear gas in residential neighbourhoods.

Trump set to expand immigration crackdown in 2026 despite brewing backlash

[WASHINGTON] US President Donald Trump is preparing for a more aggressive immigration crackdown in 2026 with billions in new funding, including by raiding more workplaces – even as backlash builds ahe...

Britain's Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood appearing on the BBC's 'Sunday Morning' television show, Nov 16, 2025.

UK government defends refugee shakeup in face of hard right

[LONDON] Britain’s interior minister on Sunday defended plans to drastically reduce protections for refugees and end automatic benefits for asylum seekers, insisting that irregular migration was “tear...

Many union members have stopped expressing their views because “the (US) government has promised and proven that saying the wrong thing can trigger life-altering immigration consequences, particularly for visa holders and Lawful Permanent Residents,” the complaint says.

Labor unions sue US over monitoring social media of visa holders

[WASHINGTON] Labour unions filed a lawsuit against the US government on Thursday, alleging that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of people who are legally in the United Sta...

The annualised population growth rate over the last five years is also higher at 1.5%, compared with the 0.5% recorded in the preceding five-year period between 2015 and 2020.

Singapore’s population hits record 6.11 million, boosted by foreign workers

Citizen births edge up 1.2% in 2024 while number of marriages falls 5.7%, with families getting smaller over time

Migrants picked up at sea attempting to cross the English Channel from France, disembark from a Border Force vessel after it arrived in Dover, Britain, Sep 19, 2025. British interior minister Shabana Mahmood will on Monday announce that migrants would have to make social security contributions, claim no benefits, have a clean criminal record and volunteer in their community in order to stay.

UK plans tougher rules for migrants seeking to stay in country

[LONDON] Migrants seeking to settle in the UK will have to have a job, not claim benefits, and undertake community work under plans to be unveiled by the interior minister on Monday.

People protesting against a new immigrant detention centre in the Sunset Park neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, July 11, 2025. As the Trump administration seeks to deport up to 1 million people annually, detention centres, prisons and holding cells are being constructed around the country.

Polls show falling US support for Trump’s deportations

[WASHINGTON] Polls released on Sunday showed falling support among Americans for Donald Trump’s hardline measures against illegal immigration, as the Republican president celebrated six months back in...