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UK asylum seekers face £10,000 charge before they can apply to settleBritain is proposing asylum seekers repay around £10,000 for accommodation and support before settlement eligibility. This move aims to det...
UN seeks independent investigation into ICE detention deathsThe UN is demanding independent probes into dozens of deaths in US immigration detention since last year, citing a surge in fatalities unde...
Murshidabad sees fresh unrest with highway, rail traffic blocked over migrant worker assaultProtests erupted again in Murshidabad, West Bengal on Saturday. Locals blocked National Highway-12 and railway tracks at Beldanga. This fol...
Rights groups say migrant workers dying on Saudi job sites as kingdom prepares for World CupHuman Rights Watch and FairSquare reports reveal preventable deaths of migrant workers in Saudi Arabia due to job-site accidents and illnes...
Record number of people died on migration routes in 2024: UNLast year saw a record number of migrant deaths, with nearly 9,000 individuals dying globally, according to the UN. The International Organ...
Four people confirmed dead after incident in English ChannelUK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called it a "tragic loss of human life", just as he tries to tighten rules to prevent record numbers of migra...
Qatar says worker deaths for World Cup 'between 400 and 500'The comment by Hassan al-Thawadi, the secretary-general of Qatar's Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, appeared to come off the cuff...
Diphtheria cases may rise as UK’s Home office moves migrants with suspected illness around country without proper screeningUK health officials raise concern after the Home office moves migrants to other parts of the country from Kent without proper screening. Th...
More than 29,000 migrants to Europe died since 2014: reportPushbacks are unlawful according to both international and EU law as they violate the right to seek asylum and a principle prohibiting the ...
People will teach BJP a lesson in assembly polls: Akhilesh Yadav, Jayant ChaudharyRecalling over the year-long farmer protest against the now-repealed three farm laws, Yadav said farmers kept camping at the Delhi-Ghaziaba...
Channel deaths fuel UK-France tensions over migrant boatsUK officials criticise France for rejecting their offer of British police and border officers to conduct joint patrols along the channel co...
97 people died while travelling on Shramik Special trains: Railway Minister Piyush GoyalA total of 51 post mortem reports have been obtained from respective state police forces so far, in which the reasons for deaths have been ...
Gains from lockdown possibly lost in unlock: Public health care expertProfessor V Ramana Dhara said India has to keep testing aggressively to know the true spread of the disease in the population, and test cri...
Uttar Pradesh claims success in Covid battle despite poor testingThe Yogi Adityanath government claims it is on top of the pandemic. UP’s additional chief secretary Awanish Awasthi reeled out figures in s...
About 200 migrant workers lost lives in road accidents during lockdown: SaveLIFE FoundationFive states Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Telangana and Maharashtra accounted for the maximum deaths of migrant workers, the non-go...
Can't stop or monitor movement of migrant workers on roads, says Supreme CourtThe court’s reaction was in response to a petition filed by Alok Alakh Srivastava seeking a direction to district magistrates throughout th...
Lockdown prevented 'US or Europe-like' situation in India but bigger challenge awaits: ExpertsHowever, most of the experts also cautioned that a "bigger challenge" awaits the country when it gradually move towards exiting the nationw...
Migrant workers returning home could spread coronavirus in sub-continent: World BankThe World Bank on Sunday said migrant workers returning home could become vectors carrying the coronavirus to unaffected states and village...
4 deaths & counting: Asia's biggest slum Dharavi has Mumbai's fingers crossedTaking note of the severity of the matter, Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray extended the lockdown till April 30
Tensions between Greece and Turkey rise over migrant clashesThe border tensions followed last week's decision by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to declare the country's gateways to Greece ope...