Italy: 41 migrants killed in shipwreck near Lampedusa Island
World | August 09, 2023 17:20 ISTAccording to reports, more than 1,800 people have lost their lives so far this year in the crossing from North Africa to Europe.
According to reports, more than 1,800 people have lost their lives so far this year in the crossing from North Africa to Europe.
Odisha: Three migrant workers after being denied their share of pay and exhausting their savings walked 1000 kilometres from Bengaluru to return home to Odisha.
As India continues to battle with second wave of COVID, several migrant workers in Gurugram were seen leaving for their native places due to COVID lockdown fear.
The state has made quarantine mandatory for those showing symptoms of infection for 14 days. Those asymptomatic will have to undergo a mandatory quarantine period of 7 days
Soon after Maharashtra government announced strict restrictions including Section 144 to contain COVID-19 spread from April 14, migrant workers started to return to their hometowns.
'Dabangg' actor Sonu Sood who is being hailed as the 'messiah' for his philanthropy work, took to Twitter to share about his new initiative aimed at providing accommodation to the migrant workers.
Migrant workers alleged lack of adequate facilities at a quarantine centre in Phansidewa area of Darjeeling.
A 19-year-old migrant labourer, who had returned to Uttar Pradesh from Gujarat amid the lockdown, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan in his room
A teenage girl from Noida who sent a labourer family from Jharkhand home by air using her money from her 'gullak' (money box).
Migrant workers staged a protest at Bypass road in Amritsar after claiming that the train they were supposed to board to return to their hometowns got cancelled at last moment.
The top court said that there have been lapses on part of Centre and State governments and immediate measures are required to be taken to provide travel, shelter and food to migrant labourers.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that other states wanting to employ migrant workers from the state will have to seek the approval of the state government first
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday issued an order to prepare a framework for setting up a migration commission to ensure that every migrant worker coming to the state gets employment.
On her way to her home state Uttar Pradesh from here on a Shramik special train, a nine month pregnant woman suddenly developed labour pains and gave birth to a baby girl, aided by women travelling with her.
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The Union Railways Minister, Piyush Goyal on May 21 said that the West Bengal Government not actively cooperated with Railways Ministry to let migrant workers reached their home via special trains amid the coronavirus uncertainty.
The foremost norm to combat COVID-19 pandemic-social distancing- gone for a toss in Tamil Nadu, where migrant workers gathered in large numbers in Coimbatore's Sundarapuram to collect 'shramik special' train passes to return to their hometowns.
Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has been a saviour for many migrant workers and now his social media timeline is flooded with requests from people stuck in various corners of the country urging him to send them home amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
A migrant worker in Rajasthan’s Bharatpur stole a bicycle to reach his home town Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, which is 250 kilometers, along with his disabled son. Interestingly, the worker left behind an apology note for the cycle owner.
Almost two months into the coronavirus-induced lockdown, non-migrant workers in Delhi have seen their average weekly incomes drop by at least 57 per cent, according to a combined study done by a US and a Canadian universities.
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