New York City Faces Migrant Influx and Housing Crisis
New York City grapples with a migrant influx, housing challenges, and rising costs as officials declare a state of emergency.
New York City grapples with a migrant influx, housing challenges, and rising costs as officials declare a state of emergency.
The fire chief added that the vehicle had no working air conditioning and there was no drinking water inside.
The incident occurred under similar conditions in the early hours on Sunday when Greek authorities received a distress call.
According to the source, some were discovered onboard improvised boats and jet skis attempting to reach European coasts, while others attempted to swim.
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.
Another reason for the exodus is slashing down of manpower by many factory owners in keeping with the new guidelines on social distancing.
A letter by West Bengal chief secretary Rajiva Sinha to the Railway board authority stated that the state has been severely impacted by Super Cyclone AMPHAN, which caused extensive damage to the infrastructure.
Earlier, on April 19 the Health Ministry advisory had said that even if a person is potentially exposed to the COVID-19 virus, spraying the external part of the body does not kill the virus that has entered the body.
This comes hours after the Centre said that consent of the destination states is not needed for ‘Shramik Special’ trains to carry migrant workers stranded in other parts of the country.
Priyanka Gandhi and Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh are engulfed in a bitter 'bus war' since Saturday after the Congress leader wrote to the CM to seek permission to hire and run 1,000 buses in the state to safely transport the returnees.
