Twenty-two illegal Bangladeshi migrants, who had entered Manipur to work as labourers, have been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a local court in Imphal.The Chief Judicial Magistrate of Imphal East district passed the order yesterday after hearing the case filed by Porompat Police station. Official sources said, the Bangladeshis were charge sheeted under provisions of Foreigners Act 1946.Two children, who accompanied the 22 illegal migrants, have been sent to juvenile home. The State Home Department has been instructed to take up proceedings for deportation of the foreigners after completion of their prison term.

Meanwhile, the Gauhati High Court has directed Assam government to file a report on the steps taken by it to protect the state from illegal migrants. Hearing a PIL, the division bench of Chief Justice A K Goel and Justice U Bhuyan directed the state Chief Secretary to file the report by November 19. It may be recalled that Assam government will publish a white paper on the implementation of Assam Accord on 7th of next month.

Nearly 1,600 undocumented immigrants have been arrested in the Greek capital, Athens. 

Officials said an invasion of immigrants threatened debt-choked country's foundations. Over 6,000 people were questioned during a police crackdown and a total of 1,595 of them were arrested who will face deportation. 

Greece is struggling with a crippling economic crisis and austerity cuts, leading to rising social tensions.

In Nepal , about three lakh eighty four thousand youth left the county in 2011-12 for employment overseas, due to lack of opportunities and political instability. According to figures of the Foreign Employment Promotion Board (FEPB), the number has increased by nearly thirty thousand compared to last year.

According to FEPB, Qatar is still the favourite labour destination for Nepali youths. The country has hired 1,33,000 Nepali workers, followed by Malaysia 98,000 , Saudi Arabia 80,000 , the UAE and Kuwait . The numbers are only of those who go through registered manpower agencies.

Chinese state media says authorities have begun a crackdown against illegal immigration in a northeast border region with a large population of defectors from North Korea. The China Daily today said the five-month campaign began last week in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, where North Koreans have long fled to escape political persecution and famine. 
The paper quoted a local police official as saying the campaign will target foreigners who live and work illegally, saying they are hidden troubles, and they might pose potential threats to social stability. The crackdown in Yanbian comes days after a similar campaign against illegal immigration got underway in the capital, Beijing.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah has directed the State Revenue Department to prepare a note for Cabinet for promulgation of Ordinance for the protection and management of temples in Kashmir Valley. Omar told the Department that the Bill in this regard would be tabled in the next session of the Legislature in Srinagar subsequently.

Chairing a meeting of Apex Advisory Committee for Kashmiri Migrants at Jammu today, the Chief Minister also directed for setting in motion the process of creation of additional 3000 posts for Kashmiri migrant students. He stressed for early action in this regard and asked for status of any waiting list of candidates who had appeared for the posts already advertised and filled up. On enhancement of Cash Relief to the Migrants, the Chief Minister said that he has already taken up this issue with the Union Government.

The Chief Minister said that the security scenario has positively changed to a large extent in the Valley and the sense of security has received considerable fillip during last some years and added that the return of about 1500 migrant youth to valley in connection with the employment has further boosted their confidence.

Strengthening of counter terror capabilities and intelligence apparatus, Maoist violence, police reforms and capacity building will be high on agenda at the Chief Ministers' Conference on Internal Security, to be held in New Delhi tomorrow. Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will inaugurate the Conference.

The day-long Conference will also deliberate on how India is being affected due to its troubled neighbourhood and its obvious consequences in the country like cross border terrorism, covert support to insurgents, arms smuggling,
circulation of fake Indian currency notes, inflow of refugees
and immigration.

Active terror infrastructure in Pakistan, growing nexus between the Naxals and anti-India forces, both within the country as well as abroad, better intelligence sharing among
security forces, Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and System (CCTNS), border management, coastal security and other Centre-State issues will also figure prominently at the meeting.

A separate session on Maoist violence will be held later in the day and will be attended by Chief Ministers of nine
Maoist violence affected states.

The Central government has already conceded the demands of several non-Congress Chief Ministers, including ally Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, to hold a special meeting of Chief Ministers to exclusively discuss on the controversial issue of the proposed National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) on May 5th.

 the country's top leadership will review the two-pronged approach of development and police action to contain the Maoist problem and the future strategy to deal with it. The conference, originally scheduled for February 15th, had to be postponed for two months due to the recent Assembly elections in five states and Budget session of Parliament.

Several Indian professionals will be adversely affected by Britain's new immigration rules that come into effect on Friday. The rules are part of the David Cameron government's efforts to reduce migration from non-European Union countries.

The new immigration regime includes tighter rules for students, limits on skilled professionals and new restrictions on the settlement of migrants who are already in Britain.

In Saudi Arabia, the Shura Council has rejected a move to tax the income of expatriate workers in public and private sectors. The Secretary General of the Council disclosed the outcome after the meeting on Sunday. 

The move has been welcomed by the expatriate community in Saudi Arabia. Those in favour of taxing the foreigners said, the move would have brought a parity in wages of Saudi and Non-Saudi workers and opened up more jobs for the local peole.

There are nearly eight million foreigners in Saudi Arabia and an overwhelming majority is in the private sector. At present, only Saudi citizens and Saudi companies need to pay Zakat of 2.5 percent annually on profits and on the assessable amounts of the individuals, in addition to a tax on foreign investors. 

In a bid to attract foreign investment, the Saudi Government had slashed the tax rate imposed on foreign investors from 45 to 20 percent in 2004.