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As the Gulf kingdom bids to host a World Cup that will see its reliance on cheap foreign labour soar, planeloads of men already return daily to Dhaka, gaunt, dazed and brokeAmong the joyful family reunions at the arrivals gate at Dhaka’s internationa…
Read MoreAs 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…
Read MoreFrench 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…
Read MoreIn camps on the border with Thailand, thousands of people displaced by the military are subsisting on meagre rationsIt has been months since Naw Eh Wah has had a proper meal. The 15kg of rice she, like others living in the camp, was receiving every fou…
Read MoreAfghans waiting to be resettled in the UK and other western countries face steep charge in ‘unprecedented’ movePakistan’s decision to impose hundreds of dollars in exit fees for every Afghan refugee who fled the persecution by the Taliban has been cond…
Read MoreRewards offered for turning in ‘illegal Afghans’ as refugees pay price for tensions between Pakistani government and TalibanAamir Muhammad has barely left his house for weeks; neither have his neighbours. In his ramshackle neighbourhood on the outskirt…
Read MoreDoctors say high stress, heat and harsh living conditions may be the cause of low sperm counts in men returning from the GulfOn a cluster of metal benches outside the infertility unit at Paropakar Maternity and Women’s hospital in Kathmandu, a dozen ma…
Read MoreWomen aiming to reach UK or Ireland realised lorry was heading in wrong direction and contacted BBC journalistSix women have been rescued from the back of a refrigerated lorry in France after a panicked text message to a BBC reporter set off a frantic …
Read MoreImages of the struggle for human rights and freedoms around the world this week, from a women’s march for justice in Brazil to an attack on churches in Pakistan Continue reading…
Read MoreWar in Ukraine and Pakistan’s ‘monsoon on steroids’ among events driving surge on ‘scale never seen before’ as 71m people displacedThe number of people around the world who were forced to flee their homes leapt by a fifth last year, as a “perfect stor…
Read MoreThe Urdu-speaking ethnic group was stateless for many years after the partition of India – and even now remain marginalised, living in cramped settlement camps and struggling to find formal workOn his first day at high school, Khalid Hussain was accuse…
Read MoreCatch-22 system leaves people facing eviction upon being granted refugee status – yet unable to claim rent subsidies without accommodationMohammad Ashraf Rasooli, 70, looks at his five-year-old granddaughter, sitting on the floor next to him watching c…
Read MoreUNFPA head urges countries to focus on helping women, children and marginalised people most vulnerable to demographic changeThe world must not engage in “population alarmism” as the number of people living on Earth nears 8 billion, a senior UN official…
Read MoreInternational Rescue Committee points to unequal treatment, saying welcome for Ukrainians proves integration and support is possible for allIt is 3.30pm and Suna Hamanawa, 25, is doing what she and dozens of other Afghan mothers do most days: whiling h…
Read MoreEarly end to migrants’ contracts leaves many owing large sums to recruiters and unable to support their families• World Cup hotel shields England team from fans – and Qatar’s labour abusesThousands of poorly paid migrant workers in Qatar are being forc…
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