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Page 4 - Migrant Crisis

Covid-19 lockdown: Railways ferried 450,000 Indians in 428 special trains

Western Railways has operated a total of 191 Shramik Special ferrying over 225,000 migrants

Covid-19 lockdown: Railways ferried 450,000 Indians in 428 special trains
Updated On : 11 May 2020 | 9:53 AM IST

Lockdown: UP tops influx chart with 215 trains ferrying 230,000 migrants

57 more trains en route; 200 additional trains slated to come in 2-3 days

Lockdown: UP tops influx chart with 215 trains ferrying 230,000 migrants
Updated On : 10 May 2020 | 5:37 PM IST

Migrant crisis deepens: Outrage after Karnataka stops special trains

A fresh row erupted on Wednesday after Karnataka government cancelled special trains due to concerns over shortage of labour

Migrant crisis deepens: Outrage after Karnataka stops special trains
Updated On : 07 May 2020 | 10:53 AM IST

Covid-19: Migrant workers protest across India, demand to be sent back home

On Monday, stranded workers took to the roads demanding to be sent back home; several isolated stone pelting incidents were also reported

Covid-19: Migrant workers protest across India, demand to be sent back home
Updated On : 05 May 2020 | 9:45 AM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Migrant mayhem, coronavirus outbreak, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard Opinion pieces for the day

Best of BS Opinion: Migrant mayhem, coronavirus outbreak, and more
Updated On : 05 May 2020 | 6:28 AM IST

Lockdown 3.0: Migrant workers clash again in Surat, demand to be sent home

The workers have been demanding that trains should be arranged to ferry them to their native places as the government extended the nationwide lockdown till May 17

Lockdown 3.0: Migrant workers clash again in Surat, demand to be sent home
Updated On : 04 May 2020 | 4:03 PM IST

Railways has money for PM-CARES, but not for workers' rail travel: Rahul

Congress will bear the cost for rail travel of every needy migrant worker and labourer to their respective home towns, says Sonia Gandhi

Railways has money for PM-CARES, but not for workers' rail travel: Rahul
Updated On : 04 May 2020 | 12:15 PM IST

To bring back millions stranded, states urge centre to run special trains

According to Punjab officials, there are nearly 1 million migrant labourers in the state, approximately 70 per cent of whom are from Bihar

To bring back millions stranded, states urge centre to run special trains
Updated On : 01 May 2020 | 11:45 AM IST

Home ministry to take call on passenger trains to transport migrants soon

According to media reports, Indian Railways has lined up a plan to run at least 400 trains for the movement of stranded labourers across the country

Home ministry to take call on passenger trains to transport migrants soon
Updated On : 01 May 2020 | 2:22 AM IST

Lockdown: UP govt starts bringing back migrant labourers from Haryana

Deploys fleet of 82 buses to ferry nearly 11,000 workers, who will be given a ration kit and Rs 1,000 cash support

Lockdown: UP govt starts bringing back migrant labourers from Haryana
Updated On : 25 Apr 2020 | 11:15 PM IST

Lockdown, job loss impacted 40 mn migrant workers in India: World Bank

Due to the global recession caused by Covid-19, remittances to India are likely to drop by 23 per cent from $83 billion last year to $64 billion this year, the report said

Lockdown, job loss impacted 40 mn migrant workers in India: World Bank
Updated On : 23 Apr 2020 | 8:08 AM IST

Virulent times for the faceless millions, now on the road to uncertainty

Would we in the upper class place ourselves in the hands of the government in times such as these? And if not, why do we expect that the poor would? The Indian state is weak and lacks capacity

Virulent times for the faceless millions, now on the road to uncertainty
Updated On : 03 Apr 2020 | 8:55 PM IST

Letter to BS: Govt should set up an exclusive fund for migrant labourers

In India, the whole system of governance has been hijacked by the rich and the well-to-do middle class

Letter to BS: Govt should set up an exclusive fund for migrant labourers
Updated On : 31 Mar 2020 | 11:14 PM IST

'It's an act of murder': How Europe outsources suffering as migrants drown

More than 14,000 people have died or gone missing while trying to cross the central Mediterranean since 2014

'It's an act of murder': How Europe outsources suffering as migrants drown
Updated On : 27 Dec 2018 | 11:46 AM IST

US border crisis: What does migrant caravan mean for the midterm election?

The caravan gave Trump a new, politically advantageous story to tell

US border crisis: What does migrant caravan mean for the midterm election?
Updated On : 25 Oct 2018 | 11:49 AM IST

European citizens want information on migration, not higher walls

Tougher border security is a key pillar of the way EU responded to increase in migration since 2015

European citizens want information on migration, not higher walls
Updated On : 07 Aug 2017 | 9:23 AM IST

Migrant crisis: 100,000 have crossed Mediterranean for Europe since Jan: UN

During 2016, 231,503 people crossed to Europe, with 100,000-mark passed already in Feb that year

Migrant crisis: 100,000 have crossed Mediterranean for Europe since Jan: UN
Updated On : 04 Jul 2017 | 4:38 PM IST

2016 deadliest year for migrants crossing the Mediterranean: UNHCR

According to UNHCR, some 303,838 people had crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe till 30 September 2016

2016 deadliest year for migrants crossing the Mediterranean: UNHCR
Updated On : 30 Oct 2016 | 3:37 PM IST

Britain's Johnson urges turning back migrant vessels to Libya

Italy is right in the front line for migrants seeking a new life in Europe having since 2014 seen some 450,000 people reach its shores

Britain's Johnson urges turning back migrant vessels to Libya
Updated On : 16 Sep 2016 | 8:28 AM IST

Migrant camp in Calais to be dismantled: French minister

Population of the camp includes large numbers of Afghans, Somalis, Sudanese and Kurds, among other asylum seekers

Migrant camp in Calais to be dismantled: French minister
Updated On : 02 Sep 2016 | 8:45 AM IST