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Department of Homeland Security says it plans more such ‘large charter flights’, sparking concerns for safety of migrants escaping poverty or repressionThe US has sent back 116 Chinese migrants in the first such “large charter flight” in five years, th…
続きを読むVictims were made to pose as well off but once in Europe they were confined to workplaces and severely exploitedItalian police have busted a trafficking network that used luxury cars to smuggle Chinese migrants into Italy before confiscating their pass…
続きを読むTrade unionist calls for crackdown on ‘barbaric exploitation’ after death of Satnam Singh, 31, in LatinaA trade unionist has called for a crackdown against “barbaric exploitation” after an Indian farm worker died when he was allegedly being left on a r…
続きを読むWorkers for US defence contractor KBR concerned after colleagues die on island with no hospital-grade health facilityMigrant workers employed by the US defence contractor KBR on the British-owned island of Diego Garcia have expressed concerns for their…
続きを読むGreek court says it has no jurisdiction to hear case as disaster happened in international watersA Greek court has thrown out charges against nine Egyptian men accused of causing one of the Mediterranean’s deadliest shipwrecks, ruling it has no jurisdi…
続きを読むShyamol Banerji responds to an article by Mihir Bose on the country coming to terms with its colonial pastMihir Bose’s experiences in the UK resonate somewhat with my own (I came to Britain from India, fulfilled a dream, and I say this: we’re a great c…
続きを読むAs the climate crisis forces people to abandon their land in Rajasthan, a new industry has sprung up in the desert state, with thousands of gaily decorated vans setting off to sell ice-cream across the countryThe parched villages of Gangapur in the des…
続きを読むNet migration to New Zealand hit a near record high in 2023 after a new temporary work visa was introduced after the pandemicNew Zealand will tighten its visa rules for some migrants as the coalition government moves to overhaul the immigration system …
続きを読むRecent immigrants reflect on the upheaval in their lives since the US pulled out in 2021: ‘They left us and our lives in danger’With the Afghan new year, or Nowruz, falling during the month of Ramadan this year, Afghans and Afghan Americans around the …
続きを読むAs the sea inundates Odisha’s coastline, livelihoods have withered with the harvest and weddings are a rarity as young women refuse to move to areas where they see no futurePhotographs by Aishwarya MohantyIn Udaykani, a coastal village in the east Indi…
続きを読むPeople trapped in the world’s largest refugee camp hope to seek new lives elsewhere despite threats facing them as they attempt to leave BangladeshEven as dehydration was getting to their passengers, the traffickers using boats to carry hundreds of Roh…
続きを読むFrench authorities accused of failing to investigate the fates of refugees who have gone missing at sea while trying to cross by boat to the UK, with families still waiting for news of loved onesLate in the evening of 14 December last year four friends…
続きを読むGun Ufuk, 29, sentenced to 20 years in prison over deadly sinking that occurred metres from shoreAn Italian court has sentenced a people smuggler to 20 years in prison for involvement in a shipwreck last year that killed at least 94 migrants.The court …
続きを読むBoat drivers from former Soviet republics often have very little experience and no idea what they are doing is illegal, say NGOsPeople smugglers are increasingly recruiting people from former Soviet republics in central Asia to pilot boats carrying mig…
続きを読むWhat to expect in Gaza, Ukraine, the US elections, China, Europe and the rest of the worldThe year 2024 will be a critical one. The future of Gaza and the West Bank may hinge in part on whether Donald Trump returns to the White House – as may the outco…
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