Migration
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Migrant worker at Malaysian medical glove manufacturer dies of Covid-19
Nepali man is first known fatality at biggest global producer Top Glove, accused of failing to protect workers…
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UK government ‘has underestimated takeup for Hong Kong resettlement scheme’
Survey finds more than 600,000 may want to move to Britain, many within two years of January start dateHong Ko…
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Police investigated over alleged violence at Paris migrant camp
Video footage of two officers at break-up at ad hoc camp in Place de la République shocks interior ministerTwo…
- Coronavirus, Europe, Global development, India, Infectious diseases, Microbiology, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Syria, World news
Wealthy nations urged to give portion of Covid vaccine as ‘humanitarian buffer’
Stockpile sought for use in rebel-held territories, asylum camps and for others unlikely to receive vaccinatio…
- Afghanistan, Europe, Global development, Greece, Migration, Migration and development, Refugees, South and Central Asia, World news
Father faces criminal charge over son’s death in migrant boat tragedy
Afghan asylum seeker accused of endangering six-year-old’s life after family tried to reach Greek island of Sa…
- Asia Pacific, Australia news, Australian foreign policy, Australian immigration and asylum, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Migration, New Zealand, Pacific islands, Palau, Tonga, Tuvalu, World news
Australia should create ‘Pacific visa’ to reduce impact of climate change and disaster on islanders
Displacement is growing in the Asia-Pacific region, and a new policy paper argues migration policies must be e…
- Africa, Australia news, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Bushfires, Climate change, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Environment, Extreme weather, Global development, India, Internally displaced people, Locust invasions, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Migration and development, South and Central Asia, Syria, World news
Internal displacements reach 15m in 2020 with worst ‘still to come’ – report
Extreme weather, locust invasions and violence have forced people to flee their homesMillions of people were u…
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Essex lorry deaths: Vietnam jails four for ‘brokering illegal emigration’
Prison sentences range from two-and-a-half years and seven-and-a-half years for role in 2019 operation in whic…
- Asia Pacific, Bangladesh, Global development, Indonesia, Migration, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, Thailand, World news
Three Rohingya refugees die days after seven-month ordeal on trafficking boat
300 people disembarked in Indonesia in a ‘terrible condition’ after being held hostage at sea by traffickers d…
- Agriculture, Asia Pacific, Migration, Pacific islands, South Pacific, Timor-Leste, Vanuatu, World news
Without seasonal workers, Australia may face a hungry summer | Michael Rose
With not enough workers to pick the upcoming harvest, Australia faces potential food shortages, and its farmer…
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UK reveals details of special Hong Kong visa for overseas nationals
Home secretary Priti Patel says BNO visa changes were ‘proportionate response’ to China’s increasing control o…
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‘This is intolerable’: fearful Australians in Hong Kong hasten plans to leave city
Expats say they feel insecure about living somewhere ‘where the walls have ears’ • Australia’s Hong Kong inter…
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US may take in Hongkongers ahead of China security laws, Pompeo suggests
Secretary of state says he is considering immigration option similar to move announced last week by UK The US …
- Coronavirus outbreak, Global development, India, Inequality and development, Infectious diseases, Migration, Migration and development, South and Central Asia, World news
‘My angel’: man who became face of India’s stranded helped home by stranger
Image captured the plight of the millions of migrant labourers left unable to return home in the pandemicCoron…
- Asia Pacific, Coronavirus outbreak, Global development, Human rights, Malaysia, Migration, Refugees, Rohingya, World news
Malaysia cites Covid-19 for rounding up hundreds of migrants
In move condemned by UN, refugees including Rohingya detained amid rise in xenophobia Coronavirus – latest upd…