Fifteen undocumented migrants, including seven from India, have been arrested in Mexico, apparently hoping to illegally cross into the United States authorities said Sunday. Those detained at a hotel in Tapachula in the state of Chiapas also included five individuals from El Salvador and three from Honduras, according to the Interior Ministry. The arrests bring to 122 the number of people in the country illegally who were taken into custody in the past month on their way to the US-Mexico border, including dozens of people from India.

Mexico City, May 31 (EFE).- Mexican police detained 43 undocumented migrants and six people who were holding them at a home in the city of Ecatepec, the Mexico state Attorney General's Office said Friday. Police discovered "30 men from India, two Salvadoran men and 11 people from Honduras, including five women," the state AG's office said in a statement. The six Mexican nationals who appeared to be guarding the migrants were handed over to prosecutors on suspicion of human trafficking.

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine economy expanded 7.8 per cent in the first quarter, the fastest pace since 2010 and outpacing China, led by growth in services and industry. Officials said Thursday that the quarterly growth rate was the highest since reformist President Benigno Aquino III took office in 2010 on a promise to fight corruption and cut poverty. Aquino's allies won majorities in both houses of Congress in elections early this month, making it possible for Aquino to push through with his legislative agenda in the remaining three years in power.

The world is becoming an increasingly dangerous place for refugees and migrants, Amnesty International said Thursday, as it highlighted the plight of millions of Syrians forced to flee their homes in its yearly report on global human rights. The London-based rights group said millions of people who have fled conflict or persecution, and migrants who have left home in search of work, have suffered abuses at the hands of state authorities or employers.