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US Man Pleads Not Guilty In 2022 Indian Migrants Death Case Near Border
A Florida man has pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges in a case linked to the discovery last year of a family of four migrants from India found frozen to death just steps from the Canada-US border, according to media reports.
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US Opens Probe As 51 Migrants Die In Sweltering Truck
The death count of undocumented migrants who were abandoned in a scorching-hot trailer in Texas rose to 51 Tuesday, as President Joe Biden blamed "criminal" professional smugglers for the tragedy.
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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal Says 97 Migrants Died On Shramik Trains During COVID-19 Lockdown
The government has informed the Rajya Sabha that 97 people died on board the Shramik Specials, admitting for the first time that migrant labourers lost their lives in the trains which were run to ferry them during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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After Backlash, Government's "Clarification" On Migrant Deaths
Facing opposition attacks for saying there is "no data" on migrant deaths in the coronavirus lockdown, the government today sought to clarify that there was "no mechanism" to collect such data in districts.
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No Data On Migrant Deaths, So No Compensation, Says Government: 10 Points
There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in the coronavirus lockdown had been compensated. The government's written response in Lok Sabha on the first day o...
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No Data On Migrant Deaths, So No Compensation: Government To Parliament
There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in the coronavirus lockdown had been compensated. The government's written response in Lok Sabha on the first day o...
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Day After 26 Deaths, UP Stops Hundreds Of Migrants At Borders
Hundreds of migrant workers were stopped by police at several border districts in Uttar Pradesh this morning while trying to return to their hometowns and villages amid the lockdown.
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Arvind Kejriwal Condoles Death Of Migrants In UP Truck Accident
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that he was deeply disturbed by the death of labourers in an accident in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya and called for urgent steps to mitigate the plights of migrant workers travelling to their native states during the lockdown.
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Italy Bus Hijacker "Heard Voices" Of Drowned Migrant Children: Report
The driver of a school bus who torched the vehicle to protest Mediterranean migrant deaths claimed on Friday he acted after hearing the voices of drowned children urging him on, media reports said.
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UN Agency Raises Toll To 365 From Mediterranean Shipwrecks
The UN's migration watcher says it now believes 365 people died or are missing and presumed dead from Mediterranean shipwrecks in recent days.
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Around 100 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsize In Mediterranean
Around 100 people are missing feared drowned in the Mediterranean after a migrant dinghy capsized off Libya, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday, citing testimony from 27 survivors.
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Mediterranean Migrant Deaths In 2016 Hit Record 3,800: UN
At least 3,800 migrants and refugees have perished this year while trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe, the highest ever toll ever on the perilous route, the UN said Wednesday.
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Bodies Of 8 Migrants, Including Children, Wash Up On Turkish Coast: Report
The bodies of at least eight migrants, most of them children, washed up on Turkey's Aegean coast today after their boat apparently capsized as they tried to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, Turkey's Dogan news agency reported.
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Mediterranean Migrant Deaths in 2015 Pass 2,000: International Organization for Migration
More than 2,000 people have died so far this year trying to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday, making it the world's most dangerous migrant route.
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US Man Pleads Not Guilty In 2022 Indian Migrants Death Case Near Border
A Florida man has pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges in a case linked to the discovery last year of a family of four migrants from India found frozen to death just steps from the Canada-US border, according to media reports.
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US Opens Probe As 51 Migrants Die In Sweltering Truck
The death count of undocumented migrants who were abandoned in a scorching-hot trailer in Texas rose to 51 Tuesday, as President Joe Biden blamed "criminal" professional smugglers for the tragedy.
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Railway Minister Piyush Goyal Says 97 Migrants Died On Shramik Trains During COVID-19 Lockdown
The government has informed the Rajya Sabha that 97 people died on board the Shramik Specials, admitting for the first time that migrant labourers lost their lives in the trains which were run to ferry them during the COVID-19 lockdown.
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After Backlash, Government's "Clarification" On Migrant Deaths
Facing opposition attacks for saying there is "no data" on migrant deaths in the coronavirus lockdown, the government today sought to clarify that there was "no mechanism" to collect such data in districts.
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No Data On Migrant Deaths, So No Compensation, Says Government: 10 Points
There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in the coronavirus lockdown had been compensated. The government's written response in Lok Sabha on the first day o...
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No Data On Migrant Deaths, So No Compensation: Government To Parliament
There is no data on migrant deaths so the "question does not arise" of compensation, the Union labour ministry said in parliament on Monday to a question on whether families of those who had lost their lives while trying to reach home in the coronavirus lockdown had been compensated. The government's written response in Lok Sabha on the first day o...
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Day After 26 Deaths, UP Stops Hundreds Of Migrants At Borders
Hundreds of migrant workers were stopped by police at several border districts in Uttar Pradesh this morning while trying to return to their hometowns and villages amid the lockdown.
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Arvind Kejriwal Condoles Death Of Migrants In UP Truck Accident
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that he was deeply disturbed by the death of labourers in an accident in Uttar Pradesh's Auraiya and called for urgent steps to mitigate the plights of migrant workers travelling to their native states during the lockdown.
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Italy Bus Hijacker "Heard Voices" Of Drowned Migrant Children: Report
The driver of a school bus who torched the vehicle to protest Mediterranean migrant deaths claimed on Friday he acted after hearing the voices of drowned children urging him on, media reports said.
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UN Agency Raises Toll To 365 From Mediterranean Shipwrecks
The UN's migration watcher says it now believes 365 people died or are missing and presumed dead from Mediterranean shipwrecks in recent days.
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Around 100 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsize In Mediterranean
Around 100 people are missing feared drowned in the Mediterranean after a migrant dinghy capsized off Libya, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday, citing testimony from 27 survivors.
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Mediterranean Migrant Deaths In 2016 Hit Record 3,800: UN
At least 3,800 migrants and refugees have perished this year while trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe, the highest ever toll ever on the perilous route, the UN said Wednesday.
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Bodies Of 8 Migrants, Including Children, Wash Up On Turkish Coast: Report
The bodies of at least eight migrants, most of them children, washed up on Turkey's Aegean coast today after their boat apparently capsized as they tried to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, Turkey's Dogan news agency reported.
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Mediterranean Migrant Deaths in 2015 Pass 2,000: International Organization for Migration
More than 2,000 people have died so far this year trying to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe, the International Organization for Migration said Tuesday, making it the world's most dangerous migrant route.
