Migrant Crisis
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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
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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
Trending
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‘Animal’ review: Hard to stomach – but equally hard to ignore
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An Indian artist who helped decolonise Christian art has been relegated to the margins in death
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup: From broken ankle to historic title, Preeti eyes redemption
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‘Sam Bahadur’ review: A little bit of everything and nothing about any one thing in particular
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How Uttar Pradesh’s halal ban has plunged the processed food industry into chaos
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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
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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
Video
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Watch: This low-budget version of Jung Kook’s ‘Seven’ music video recreated by Thai fans is a hit
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Watch: Man gets married in hospital after falling sick with dengue just before wedding
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Watch: Stray dog gets stuck in drain below road, firefighters drill through the surface to rescue it
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Watch: Shah Rukh Khan fans from India and abroad participate in the ‘Lutt Putt Gaya’ dance challenge
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Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Glimpses of how the trapped workers lived inside, waiting to be rescued
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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
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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
The Reel
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‘Animal’ review: Hard to stomach – but equally hard to ignore
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Watch: Trailer of ‘Mad Max’ spinoff ‘Furiosa’ is out
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‘Dhootha’ review: An entertaining yarn about media ethics
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Interview: ‘The Archies’ movie is ‘nostalgic, magical, a storybook come to life’
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‘Sam Bahadur’ review: A little bit of everything and nothing about any one thing in particular
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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
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As Odisha’s workers return to cities, humane shifts and better wages remain a distant dream
Despite migrants making up over 70% of Surat’s workforce, working conditions remain precarious in the city.
Sunaina Kumar, IndiaSpend.com
The Field
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Boxing, Men’s National C’ships: Shiva Thapa, Amit Panghal, Sagar reach finals after dominating wins
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Watch, Cricket: Uganda men’s team celebrates after qualifying for the 2024 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Bengaluru FC fight back to hold debutants Punjab FC to a draw
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FIH Hockey Women’s Junior World Cup: India suffer narrow defeat to Germany in second group game
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Pro Kabaddi League: Thousand years old, going on 10 – the sport comes of age in its latest season