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At 8,938, Migrant Deaths Hit Record Last Year: UN Agency
Last year was the deadliest on record for migrants, with nearly 9,000 people confirmed to have died on perilous routes that include crossing the Sahara Desert or the Mediterranean Sea, the UN migration agency said on Friday.
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3 Migrant Workers From UP Burnt To Death After Tent House Catches Fire In Delhi
Three migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh were burnt to death early Tuesday when a tent in which they were sleeping caught fire in East Delhi's Anand Vihar area. A case of causing death by negligence was registered by police.
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10 Killed After Vehicle Falls Into 300-Feet Deep Gorge On J&K Highway
Ten people have died after a passenger vehicle they were travelling in fell into a gorge on the Srinagar-Jammu highway.
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Migrant Worker Hit By Car, Dragged For Several Meters In Haryana, Dies
A 28-year-old migrant labourer was killed here when a luxury car allegedly hit him and dragged him along for a few metres, police said on Monday.
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Man Dies After Co-Worker Blows Compressed Air In His Rectum In Kerala
A 36-year-old migrant worker from Assam died after a fellow worker allegedly used a compressor machine to blow air inside his rectum, police said on Tuesday.
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Kenyan Stadium Guard's Death In Qatar Turns Focus On Migrant Workers
A security guard from Kenya who reportedly fell while on duty at Qatar's Lusail Stadium has died in hospital, CNN reported.
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Qatar Probing Migrant Worker Death At World Cup Site: Official
World Cup host Qatar is investigating the death of a migrant worker, an official said Thursday, after reports he died at a training base during the ongoing football tournament.
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4 Dead, 24 Injured After Truck Hits Stationary Bus In UP's Barabanki
Four people died and about 24 others were injured after a truck hit a bus carrying migrant workers in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki on Saturday.
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Citizens Dying Of Hunger Despite Our Development: Supreme Court
Citizens are dying due to hunger despite our development, the Supreme Court said Thursday while asking the state governments to work out modalities to ensure that maximum migrant workers are given rations.
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8,700 People Died On Railway Tracks In 2020 Despite Reduced Train Services
Over 8,700 people were mowed down on railway tracks in 2020 even though passenger train services were severely curtailed during the year due to the national coronavirus lockdown, with officials saying many of the victims were migrant workers.
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Indian Migrant Worker Dies To Injuries In Lorry Accident In Singapore: Report
A 28-year old Indian migrant worker has become the second victim who died due to his injuries from a road accident in Singapore, according to a media report on Friday.
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Odisha Migrant Worker Returning Home From Surat Dies On Train
A 39-year-old migrant worker, who was returning home to Odisha's Ganjam district from Surat, died in a train, the Government Railway Police (GRP) said on Tuesday.
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6 Migrant Workers Dead After Falling Into Pit In Meghalaya Forest
Six migrant workers from Assam died after they fell into a 150-feet pit in a forest in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, the same district where 15 men disappeared inside an illegal rat-hole mine after it collapsed in December 2018.
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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal Says 97 Migrants Died On Shramik Trains During COVID-19 Lockdown
The government has informed the Rajya Sabha that 97 people died on board the Shramik Specials, admitting for the first time that migrant labourers lost their lives in the trains which were run to ferry them during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Families Of 5 Migrants Who Died Amid Lockdown To Get Rs 25 Lakh: Top Court
The Supreme Court today directed that an amount of Rs 25 lakh, deposited in the top court registry by an advocate who had offered the money for travel of migrant workers from Mumbai to their native places in Uttar Pradesh amid Covid-19 pandemic, be disbursed to family members of five workers who had died during their journey back to their home.
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At 8,938, Migrant Deaths Hit Record Last Year: UN Agency
Last year was the deadliest on record for migrants, with nearly 9,000 people confirmed to have died on perilous routes that include crossing the Sahara Desert or the Mediterranean Sea, the UN migration agency said on Friday.
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3 Migrant Workers From UP Burnt To Death After Tent House Catches Fire In Delhi
Three migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh were burnt to death early Tuesday when a tent in which they were sleeping caught fire in East Delhi's Anand Vihar area. A case of causing death by negligence was registered by police.
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10 Killed After Vehicle Falls Into 300-Feet Deep Gorge On J&K Highway
Ten people have died after a passenger vehicle they were travelling in fell into a gorge on the Srinagar-Jammu highway.
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Migrant Worker Hit By Car, Dragged For Several Meters In Haryana, Dies
A 28-year-old migrant labourer was killed here when a luxury car allegedly hit him and dragged him along for a few metres, police said on Monday.
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Man Dies After Co-Worker Blows Compressed Air In His Rectum In Kerala
A 36-year-old migrant worker from Assam died after a fellow worker allegedly used a compressor machine to blow air inside his rectum, police said on Tuesday.
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Kenyan Stadium Guard's Death In Qatar Turns Focus On Migrant Workers
A security guard from Kenya who reportedly fell while on duty at Qatar's Lusail Stadium has died in hospital, CNN reported.
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Qatar Probing Migrant Worker Death At World Cup Site: Official
World Cup host Qatar is investigating the death of a migrant worker, an official said Thursday, after reports he died at a training base during the ongoing football tournament.
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4 Dead, 24 Injured After Truck Hits Stationary Bus In UP's Barabanki
Four people died and about 24 others were injured after a truck hit a bus carrying migrant workers in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki on Saturday.
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Citizens Dying Of Hunger Despite Our Development: Supreme Court
Citizens are dying due to hunger despite our development, the Supreme Court said Thursday while asking the state governments to work out modalities to ensure that maximum migrant workers are given rations.
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8,700 People Died On Railway Tracks In 2020 Despite Reduced Train Services
Over 8,700 people were mowed down on railway tracks in 2020 even though passenger train services were severely curtailed during the year due to the national coronavirus lockdown, with officials saying many of the victims were migrant workers.
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Indian Migrant Worker Dies To Injuries In Lorry Accident In Singapore: Report
A 28-year old Indian migrant worker has become the second victim who died due to his injuries from a road accident in Singapore, according to a media report on Friday.
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Odisha Migrant Worker Returning Home From Surat Dies On Train
A 39-year-old migrant worker, who was returning home to Odisha's Ganjam district from Surat, died in a train, the Government Railway Police (GRP) said on Tuesday.
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6 Migrant Workers Dead After Falling Into Pit In Meghalaya Forest
Six migrant workers from Assam died after they fell into a 150-feet pit in a forest in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills, the same district where 15 men disappeared inside an illegal rat-hole mine after it collapsed in December 2018.
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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal Says 97 Migrants Died On Shramik Trains During COVID-19 Lockdown
The government has informed the Rajya Sabha that 97 people died on board the Shramik Specials, admitting for the first time that migrant labourers lost their lives in the trains which were run to ferry them during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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Families Of 5 Migrants Who Died Amid Lockdown To Get Rs 25 Lakh: Top Court
The Supreme Court today directed that an amount of Rs 25 lakh, deposited in the top court registry by an advocate who had offered the money for travel of migrant workers from Mumbai to their native places in Uttar Pradesh amid Covid-19 pandemic, be disbursed to family members of five workers who had died during their journey back to their home.
