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German NGO releases video showing Libyan coastguard firing at migrant boat

German NGO releases video showing Libyan coastguard firing at migrant boat

 German organization Sea-Watch has released a video that shows Libyan coastguard’s patrol vessel firing shots at and trying to ram a small wooden boat in an attempt to force the vessel back to Libya. The

Austria’s women migrant care workers are going through tough times, Amnesty reports

Austria’s women migrant care workers are going through tough times, Amnesty reports

Amnesty International revealed in new research that the condition of the women migrant care workers in Austria is in a bad state. According to the research data, women migrant workers facing immense discrimination paid poorly,

Plight of Trump’s immigration policy: 368 migrant children’s parents separated at border still missing

Plight of Trump’s immigration policy: 368 migrant children’s parents separated at border still missing

 Under term of former US President Donald Trump's immigration policy, migrant children were separated from their parents at the US – Mexico border. Attorneys say that they are still unable to locate parents of 368

Mexican government begins search for a deserted migrant kids family

Mexican government begins search for a deserted migrant kids family

On Tuesday, the Mexican government expressed that they are looking for the family members of a 2-year-old kid who was found abandoned near a truck that had brought more than 100 migrants in cramped conditions.

Tech groups in Taiwan accused of locking up migrant workers

Tech groups in Taiwan accused of locking up migrant workers

Japan’s Canon and Innolux, which is an affiliate of Apple supplier Foxconn, have been accused of locking up migrant workers in Taiwan as an outbreak of Covid-19 hits the country’s tech industry. These accusations talk

Migrant workers working in defence projects are being exploited, says CM Soren

Migrant workers working in defence projects are being exploited, says CM Soren

Talking about the pain of the migrant workers in India, Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren claims that the migrant labourers of Jharkhand working in high-altitude defence projects are exploited by the Border Roads Organisation

Bishops across English Channel call for better treatment of vulnerable migrants

Bishops across English Channel call for better treatment of vulnerable migrants

 Bishops on either side of the English Channel – Catholic and Anglican – have renewed their calls urging better treatment of all immigrants, undocumented and vulnerable – who are entering France and trying to reach

Malaysia: Calls for halting crackdown on undocumented workers grow

Malaysia: Calls for halting crackdown on undocumented workers grow

In the wake of ongoing crackdowns against undocumented migrant workers in Malaysia, human rights activists have urged the government to transfer the responsibility of migrant workers from the Home Ministry to the Human Resource ministry.

African migrants boat sinks off Yemen coast, dozens feared dead

African migrants boat sinks off Yemen coast, dozens feared dead

 A boat carrying African migrants capsized off the Yemen coast fearing dozens dead. Fishermen in Lahj province of Yemen informed of recovering 25 bodies from waters near Ras al-Ara. The boat reportedly capsized two days

Migrant workers in India struggling to make ends meet amidst pandemic

Migrant workers in India struggling to make ends meet amidst pandemic

Since the first lockdown imposed in India in March 2020, migrant workers throughout the country have struggled to make ends meet. The Covid-induced lockdown has badly impacted the economically weaker section, rendering many unemployed. It