Migration Churn
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Charted: United States has the highest number of immigrants and India the most emigrants
According to the United Nations, there were 258 million immigrants in 2017.
Giles Pison, The Conversation
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A spike in inter-state migration in India could be driving a new wave of nativist politics
For the first time, a Hindi state – Madhya Pradesh – has complained about migrants taking away jobs.
Shoaib Daniyal
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Adul Sam-on: The multilingual stateless boy who survived the Thai cave and helped with the rescue
There are at least 400,000 stateless people living in Thailand – many of them young, like Adul. Here's what their lives are like.
Derina Johnson, The Conversation
Trending
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Can you prove you are an Indian citizen? Take the Assam NRC test
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Faultlines redrawn in Assam: Muslims targeted by Assamese nationalists join Citizenship Act protests
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Caught on the news: Anchor Arnab Goswami both opposes and supports the new Citizenship Bill
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Citizenship Amendment Bill gets President Kovind’s assent, becomes Act
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Dissent is ‘anti-national’ in Modi’s India – no matter where it comes from
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Staying home: Migration from Kerala declines for the first time in 50 years
The state’s effective birth control policy, falling wages in the Gulf are the reasons.
TA Ameerudheen
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Stilwell Road: The abandoned route through India, Myanmar and China should be restored
The Pangsau Pass between Myanmar and India shows how complicated border politics can be.
Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman, The Conversation
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Did the idli come from Indonesia? A Facebook page explores migration tales in India
The Diaspora Diaries looks at the impacts of migration and the influences on migrants.
Rhema Mukti Baxter
Video
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Watch: Shillong explodes in protest against the new Citizenship Act, like other North-Eastern cities
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Watch: First snowfall of the season puts a beautiful white cover on Manali in Himachal Pradesh
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Watch: A baby was saved from falling off the shop counter while their mother was shopping for a gun
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Watch: Comedian Kunal Rao laments the lack of a poetic sense in modern songwriters
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Watch Cristiano Ronaldo lose his cool at a pitch invader who grabbed his neck to take a selfie
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Migration trend: How the young and poor are moving to lands of the aging rich
Reforms to reduce border crossing must factor in the impact that age differences have on culture, economies, politics and security.
Joseph Chamie
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30 days of work, no pay: Why Yashodabai and her family travelled 600 km from Marathwada to Mumbai
The MGNREGA’s failure in the last couple of years has prompted large-scale migration from Mukhed village in Maharashtra's Nanded district.
Abhishek Waghmare, IndiaSpend.com
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President slams fleeing Afghans, but offers little incentive to stay
Ashraf Ghani has accused citizens of abandoning their country under the 'slightest pressure'.
Liza Schuster, The Conversation
The Reel
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Is the web series ‘Queen’ about Jayalalithaa? Here’s what Ramya Krishnan has to say
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‘Chhapaak’ trailer: Watch Deepika Padukone as an acid attack survivor
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‘Wonder Woman 1984’: The superhero is reunited with lover Chris Pine
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Women cinematographers speak up: ‘The mainstream is hostile, diverse pool is simply not available’
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How ‘Inside Edge’ season 2 squanders its first-mover advantage
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Why Raju Rai lives 1,980 km from home in Jharkhand
His story is similar to the story of many of the 307 million Indians who report themselves to be migrants.
Himadri Ghosh, IndiaSpend.com
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Why five lakh people applied for 1,500 government jobs in Kerala
The educated Keralite only wants a white-collar job at home and the unskilled and semi-skilled Keralite has migrated abroad. The vacuum this has created in Kerala is being filled by migrants from North and North East India.
TK Devasia