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Panama Frees Dozens of Migrants Deported From US, Give Them 30 Days To Leave
Following international criticism, Panama has released dozens of migrants deported by the US, who were held for weeks in a remote camp in the Central American nation. Panama authorities have given them 30 days to decide their next move.
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"BJP Leaders Spreading Rumours": MK Stalin On Migrant Attack Fake News
MK Stalin, while responding to a series of questions under the 'Ungalil Oruvan' programme, said that the rumours started spreading a day after he spoke about the need for a united national-level alliance against the BJP.
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Video Shows Workers Escaping Lockdown At China's Largest iPhone Factory
Since Saturday, photographs and videos circulating on Chinese social media appeared to show Foxconn workers returning home, trekking across fields during the day and along roads at night.
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International Migrants Day 2020: Key Facts On Global Migrant Crisis
International Migrants Day: The 2020 theme for International Migrants Day is 'Reimagining Human Mobility'. To mark International Migrants Day this year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has called for the world community to come together and "remember the refugees and migrants who have lost their lives".
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Blog: Minimum Floor of Dignity for Migrant Workers
For a meaningful progression in addressing the issues of migrant workers, we need to engage with three critical underlying structural causes of the migrant crisis that often go unnoticed.
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"It Is My Priority": Karnataka Cop Who Teaches Migrant Children Every Day
World Literacy Day 2020: A policeman in Bengaluru is a role model for many on International Literacy Day. A sub-inspector, in the Karnataka capital devotes his free time teaching children of migrant workers who don't have access to computers and smartphones to attend online classes. Every day, before going to work, he takes a class with a handful o...
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International Day Families 2020 Theme Highlights Families Role In Development
The coronavirus pandemic has brought into sharp focus the need for a safety net for those in the informal sector who lost their source of income and have been forced to join the growing caravan of migrant families leaving for their home states.
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Coronavirus Lockdown: Buddh International Circuit To Act As Quarantine Facility
India's Formula 1 marvel to be used by Yamuna Expressway Authority to give shelter to migrants struck in the district due to 21 day Coronavirus lockdown
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88 New Cases Take Coronavirus Count Near 700 In India, 17 Dead: 10 Points
The number of coronavirus cases in the country is about to touch 700, with a big jump of 88, shows data from the health ministry. The total is now 695 - including 47 foreigners, 42 people who have been cured or discharged and 17 people who died. Two days into the 21-day lockdown, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a Rs1.7 lakh ...
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Humanitarian Obligation To Give Refuge To Migrants: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today that it was a humanitarian obligation to give refuge to migrants.
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Bodies Wash Up In Libya As Migrant Toll Climbs
The bodies of 120 migrants have washed up on the shores of Libya in the past 10 days, not from previously known shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said today.
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Berlin Backs Athens Over Migrant Influx as Boat Toll Rises
Germany on Thursday pledged to support Greece in dealing with the "extraordinary burden" of migrants landing on its shores every day, as the death toll from the latest boat sinkings rose to 27.
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Refugee Flows to Greece Surge, UN Says Russian Airstrikes Not to Blame
The number of refugees and migrants reaching reaching Greece surged to 48,000 in the five days to October 21, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said today, but the UN refugee agency said Russian air strikes in Syria had not caused any significant refugee exodus.
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Angela Merkel to Visit Refugee Centre Hit by Violence in European Union Migrants Crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Wednesday visit a refugee centre hit by violent far-right protests, a day after Berlin said it had eased some asylum rules as thousands more migrants pour into Europe seeking refuge.
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Boats capsize off Libyan coast, 300 dead
Vessels carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the coast of Libya in separate incidents over the last two days and more than 300 people were believed to have drowned, an international migration group said on Tuesday.
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Panama Frees Dozens of Migrants Deported From US, Give Them 30 Days To Leave
Following international criticism, Panama has released dozens of migrants deported by the US, who were held for weeks in a remote camp in the Central American nation. Panama authorities have given them 30 days to decide their next move.
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"BJP Leaders Spreading Rumours": MK Stalin On Migrant Attack Fake News
MK Stalin, while responding to a series of questions under the 'Ungalil Oruvan' programme, said that the rumours started spreading a day after he spoke about the need for a united national-level alliance against the BJP.
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Video Shows Workers Escaping Lockdown At China's Largest iPhone Factory
Since Saturday, photographs and videos circulating on Chinese social media appeared to show Foxconn workers returning home, trekking across fields during the day and along roads at night.
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International Migrants Day 2020: Key Facts On Global Migrant Crisis
International Migrants Day: The 2020 theme for International Migrants Day is 'Reimagining Human Mobility'. To mark International Migrants Day this year, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has called for the world community to come together and "remember the refugees and migrants who have lost their lives".
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Blog: Minimum Floor of Dignity for Migrant Workers
For a meaningful progression in addressing the issues of migrant workers, we need to engage with three critical underlying structural causes of the migrant crisis that often go unnoticed.
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"It Is My Priority": Karnataka Cop Who Teaches Migrant Children Every Day
World Literacy Day 2020: A policeman in Bengaluru is a role model for many on International Literacy Day. A sub-inspector, in the Karnataka capital devotes his free time teaching children of migrant workers who don't have access to computers and smartphones to attend online classes. Every day, before going to work, he takes a class with a handful o...
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International Day Families 2020 Theme Highlights Families Role In Development
The coronavirus pandemic has brought into sharp focus the need for a safety net for those in the informal sector who lost their source of income and have been forced to join the growing caravan of migrant families leaving for their home states.
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Coronavirus Lockdown: Buddh International Circuit To Act As Quarantine Facility
India's Formula 1 marvel to be used by Yamuna Expressway Authority to give shelter to migrants struck in the district due to 21 day Coronavirus lockdown
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88 New Cases Take Coronavirus Count Near 700 In India, 17 Dead: 10 Points
The number of coronavirus cases in the country is about to touch 700, with a big jump of 88, shows data from the health ministry. The total is now 695 - including 47 foreigners, 42 people who have been cured or discharged and 17 people who died. Two days into the 21-day lockdown, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced a Rs1.7 lakh ...
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Humanitarian Obligation To Give Refuge To Migrants: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today that it was a humanitarian obligation to give refuge to migrants.
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Bodies Wash Up In Libya As Migrant Toll Climbs
The bodies of 120 migrants have washed up on the shores of Libya in the past 10 days, not from previously known shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said today.
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Berlin Backs Athens Over Migrant Influx as Boat Toll Rises
Germany on Thursday pledged to support Greece in dealing with the "extraordinary burden" of migrants landing on its shores every day, as the death toll from the latest boat sinkings rose to 27.
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Refugee Flows to Greece Surge, UN Says Russian Airstrikes Not to Blame
The number of refugees and migrants reaching reaching Greece surged to 48,000 in the five days to October 21, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said today, but the UN refugee agency said Russian air strikes in Syria had not caused any significant refugee exodus.
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Angela Merkel to Visit Refugee Centre Hit by Violence in European Union Migrants Crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Wednesday visit a refugee centre hit by violent far-right protests, a day after Berlin said it had eased some asylum rules as thousands more migrants pour into Europe seeking refuge.
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Boats capsize off Libyan coast, 300 dead
Vessels carrying hundreds of migrants capsized off the coast of Libya in separate incidents over the last two days and more than 300 people were believed to have drowned, an international migration group said on Tuesday.
