Tag: Migrants
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46 undocumented migrants found dead inside lorry in Texas
The fire chief added that the vehicle had no working air conditioning and there was no drinking water inside.
June 28, 2022 -
108 migrants rescued, 4 missing after boat sinks in Aegean Sea
The incident occurred under similar conditions in the early hours on Sunday when Greek authorities received a distress call.
June 19, 2022 -
18 migrants found dead, 203 rescued off Moroccan coasts
According to the source, some were discovered onboard improvised boats and jet skis attempting to reach European coasts, while others attempted to swim.
May 10, 2022 -
Libya arrests 541 illegal migrants
Libya has been suffering insecurity and chaos since the fall of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, making the North African country a preferred point of departure for illegal migrants who want to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European shores.
April 25, 2022 -
158 illegal migrants depart from Libya: UN migration agency
Libya has been suffering insecurity and chaos since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. It has turned into a preferred point of departure for illegal migrants.
November 26, 2021 -
Turkey rescues 125 migrants ‘pushed back’ by Greece
Turkey is still facing some of the biggest challenges in terms of irregular migration by land and sea.
October 14, 2021 -
UNHCR objects to renewed US expulsion flights of migrants
The UNHCR noted that the expulsion flights come at a time when the flow of asylum seekers and migrants in the region "has increased considerably"
August 12, 2021 -
Migrants’ bodies recovered after boat capsize in Yemen
Most of the migrants came from the Horn of Africa, an official confirmed
June 15, 2021 -
Social Housing
Migrants face a unique inability to access government-led social schemes in their cities of work as their identity and domicile documents are often tagged to their native addresses. They may avail such benefits there but rely entirely on renting affordable homes in the cities, obtained through informal markets, often in sub-standard living conditions.
April 3, 2021 -
Eyesores and elite environmentalists
The Ghazipur landfill, commissioned in 1984, has long outlived its capacity, but still takes 2500 metric tonnes of garbage daily. The site should have been closed 17 years ago when it crossed its maximum capacity, but still lives on collecting tonnes of waste daily.
December 10, 2020 -
Lessons from Migration
The solution lies with the complete transformation of economic and administrative processes, practices and policies to enable rural India to face up to the issues that the coronavirus-induced reverse migration has thrown up
November 6, 2020 -
States distribute free grains to 2.51 lakh migrants so far: Govt
States have also used their Disaster Response Fund resources in the initial period to cater to food requirements of migrants/stranded migrants.
August 19, 2020 -
Beed and left-out migrants
The visible levels of implementation obstacles, lack of accountability and transparency in payments by CSCs are well known.
July 7, 2020 -
Kerala CM requests Centre to resume flight services to Dubai
Dubai has granted permission to foreign nationals holding residency visas to return to the country from June 22 while the city will conditionally open its doors for tourists from July 7.
June 23, 2020 -
Govts has meticulously mapped skill sets of returnee migrants: FM ahead of ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyaan’ launch
The scheme will be launched by PM Modi on 20 June at 11 am through video conference in presence of the Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar.
June 18, 2020 -
BJP to take initiative to provide jobs to returned migrants: Dilip Ghosh
Our party workers will conduct surveys and collect the names of the labourers. They will prepare brief bio-data about them and prepare a list. As per the lists, we will pursue the government to provide jobs to them or to provide training to them so that they can get jobs.
June 15, 2020 -
Watch | Taapsee Pannu recites heart-wrenching poem on migrants
The video shows sketches of major incidences that have happened across the country over the past three months - from migrants dying on railway tracks to a young girl cycling all the way to a Bihar village.
June 12, 2020