Topic: Migrants
Mizoram: 12 migrant laborers fear trapped after stone quarry collapses
At least 12 migrant laborers are feared trapped after a stone quarry collapsed in Mizoram’s Hnahthial district on Monday.
Fear for life: Pandits want to flee from Kashmir to “safer places”
Malik Nisar and Sajad Hameed
“We wish to stay back in our homeland but the situation is not conducive. Our people are getting killed regularly....
UK’s Nationality and Borders Bill; Biggest attack on refugees, migrants in recent memory
The Bill represents one of the biggest attacks on the rights of refugees, migrants, Muslims, people of color, and LGBT+ people seeking sanctuary in Britain.
Despite CM’s appeal, hundreds of migrant workers gather at Delhi’s bus terminals to return home
Though Kejriwal said that the present lockdown was a relatively 'short' one, and promised that the government will 'take care' of the migrants, the migrant workers told reporters that this time they are prepared to handle the situation in advance so that they are not stuck in the capital city with no money and food.
Migrants left stranded and without assistance by COVID-19 lockdowns
Travel restrictions during the COVID pandemic have been particularly hard on refugees and migrants who move out of necessity, stranding millions from home, the UN migration agency, IOM, said on Thursday.
Pandemic worsening food insecurity, driving displacement, warn UN agencies
Global hunger and population displacement, which were already at record levels when COVID-19 struck, could “surge” as migrants and those reliant on a dwindling flow of remittances desperately seek work to support their families, a new UN report has warned.
