Migrant Crisis
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EU splurges on border controls, thousands of miles away in other countries, to curb migrants
Rights groups say the bloc is putting millions of lives at risk by cutting deals with countries that do not share its democratic values or uphold human rights.
Beatrice Tridimas, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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‘Floating coffin’: The UK’s plan to house migrants on a barge is a cruel, new low
Feelings of attachment and belonging are crucial to a person’s wellbeing but migrant housing infrastructure appears to have been designed to be hostile.
Irit Katz, The Conversation
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How seasonal farm migrants to UK got caught in a debt trap
Migrant workers were often duped into paying illegal recruitment fees to local brokers in their home country, often Nepal and Indonesia.
Lin Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation & Chandan Kumar Mandal, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Trending
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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BJP Karnataka’s online video sparks outrage for ‘demonising Muslims’
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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View from Dawn: With hundreds dead at sea, who is to blame?
At least 300 Pakistanis are among 600 migrants who are likely to have drowned in the Mediterranean when their boat capsized.
Dawn.com
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At least 78 dead after boat carrying migrants capsizes near Greece coast
Media reports estimate that there could have been between 400 to 700 people on the boat, most of whom are missing.
Scroll Staff
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Migrants important in building nation: SC tells states and Centre to issue ration cards to them
It is an injustice that the government was relying on the 2011 census to issue ration cards to labourers, the bench said.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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Has Belarus unleashed a ‘new type of war’ on EU by creating a migrant crisis on the border?
Yes, says a conflict expert.
Sascha-Dominik (Dov) Bachmann, The Conversation
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India failed its migrant workers yet again during the second wave of Covid-19
Amid massive job losses, up to a 51% decline in earnings and reduced food intake, labourers struggled through the lockdown in Gujarat.
Shubham Kaushal, IndiaSpend.com & Vikas Kumar, IndiaSpend.com
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Covid lockdown: Over 8,700 people, many of them migrant workers, died along railway tracks in 2020
The Railway Board shared the data on the deaths that occurred between January and December 2020.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking
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One year since lockdown, Surat migrant workers say life has only got harder
Work is scarce, buying food is difficult and many still sleep in the open.
Anhad Imaan
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Covid: SC orders three states to provide dry ration, transport, set up kitchens for migrants
The bench made the directions on a plea filed by activists Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar.
Scroll Staff
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Migrant workers have returned to India’s cities – but they are even more vulnerable now
As the job market shrinks, a labour surplus exerts downward pressure on wages and working conditions, making jobs more informal.
Annette Francis & Medha Uniyal
The Field
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IPL 2024: Ravindra Jadeja stars with all-round performance in Chennai’s win over Punjab
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Women’s T20 World Cup: India to face Pakistan on October 6 as ICC announce tournament schedule
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24 final: Mumbai City beat Mohun Bagan Super Giant for second Cup title
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IPL 2024: Bengaluru keep play-off hopes alive on back of dominating win over Gujarat
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Shooting, Baku World Cup: Shreyasi Singh placed eight at end of first day of women’s trap event