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Hong Kong's Migrant Domestic Workers In Limbo After Massive Fire Kills 146
Sobs could be heard across Hong Kong's Victoria Park at the weekend as hundreds of migrant workers mourned victims of Hong Kong's worst fire in more than a century and prayed for missing friends.
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"Papa, We Won't Survive": Nepal Man's Last Call With Son Missing In Uttarkashi Flood
When migrant labourers from Nepal Kali Devi and her husband Vijay Singh completed their task and left Harsil Valley in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi on Tuesday, little did they imagine that they would perhaps be the sole survivors of an impending disaster
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"Holiday To Deportation": White House Video Slammed For Using Viral Advertisement Song
A White House video showing the deportation of immigrants has once again sparked outrage online - this time for using a voiceover from a British airline advertisement, commonly used in memes to depict vacation disasters or chaotic situations.
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French Authorities Confirm 8 Migrants Died In Channel Crossing Attempt
Eight migrants died early Sunday when their overcrowded vessel capsized while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French authorities said, less than two weeks after the deadliest such disaster this year.
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16 Dead, 28 Missing In Migrant Boat Capsize Off Africa's Djibouti: UN
At least 16 people are dead and 28 missing in a new migrant boat disaster off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, the UN's International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.
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17 Migrants Dead After Ship Capsizes Off Greece Coast
At least 16 women migrants and one boy died when their vessel sank off the Greek island of Lesbos early on Thursday, in the second maritime disaster involving refugees in the Aegean Sea in under a day.
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27 Migrants Die As Boat Capsizes in English Channel To Britain
At least 27 migrants trying to reach England from France died on Wednesday when their boat sank off the northern French coast, the deadliest disaster since the Channel became a hub for clandestine crossings.
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Heavy Rain, Gusts In Odisha, Bengal As Cyclone Amphan Nears: 10 Points
Super Cyclone Amphan, likely to make landfall in West Bengal this afternoon, has weakened into an extremely severe cyclonic storm, triggering heavy rain and gusts of wind in Odisha and rain in some parts of Bengal. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) chief SN Pradhan on Tuesday told reporters they face the "double challenge" of the coronavirus ...
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"Nothing New" In Centre's Announcement For Migrants: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said there was nothing new in the announcement of the Centre' s allocation of more money to the states for the welfare of migrant workers and the amount allocated to the Disaster Relief Fund was just a share of the
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Non-Essential Goods Can Be Transported During Lockdown: Centre
The centre has asked states and union territories to allow transportation of goods without the essential and non-essential distinction during the 21-day coronavirus lockdown, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week.
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Hong Kong's Migrant Domestic Workers In Limbo After Massive Fire Kills 146
Sobs could be heard across Hong Kong's Victoria Park at the weekend as hundreds of migrant workers mourned victims of Hong Kong's worst fire in more than a century and prayed for missing friends.
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"Papa, We Won't Survive": Nepal Man's Last Call With Son Missing In Uttarkashi Flood
When migrant labourers from Nepal Kali Devi and her husband Vijay Singh completed their task and left Harsil Valley in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi on Tuesday, little did they imagine that they would perhaps be the sole survivors of an impending disaster
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"Holiday To Deportation": White House Video Slammed For Using Viral Advertisement Song
A White House video showing the deportation of immigrants has once again sparked outrage online - this time for using a voiceover from a British airline advertisement, commonly used in memes to depict vacation disasters or chaotic situations.
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French Authorities Confirm 8 Migrants Died In Channel Crossing Attempt
Eight migrants died early Sunday when their overcrowded vessel capsized while trying to cross the Channel from France to England, French authorities said, less than two weeks after the deadliest such disaster this year.
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16 Dead, 28 Missing In Migrant Boat Capsize Off Africa's Djibouti: UN
At least 16 people are dead and 28 missing in a new migrant boat disaster off the coast of the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti, the UN's International Organization for Migration said on Tuesday.
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17 Migrants Dead After Ship Capsizes Off Greece Coast
At least 16 women migrants and one boy died when their vessel sank off the Greek island of Lesbos early on Thursday, in the second maritime disaster involving refugees in the Aegean Sea in under a day.
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27 Migrants Die As Boat Capsizes in English Channel To Britain
At least 27 migrants trying to reach England from France died on Wednesday when their boat sank off the northern French coast, the deadliest disaster since the Channel became a hub for clandestine crossings.
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Heavy Rain, Gusts In Odisha, Bengal As Cyclone Amphan Nears: 10 Points
Super Cyclone Amphan, likely to make landfall in West Bengal this afternoon, has weakened into an extremely severe cyclonic storm, triggering heavy rain and gusts of wind in Odisha and rain in some parts of Bengal. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) chief SN Pradhan on Tuesday told reporters they face the "double challenge" of the coronavirus ...
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"Nothing New" In Centre's Announcement For Migrants: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday said there was nothing new in the announcement of the Centre' s allocation of more money to the states for the welfare of migrant workers and the amount allocated to the Disaster Relief Fund was just a share of the
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Non-Essential Goods Can Be Transported During Lockdown: Centre
The centre has asked states and union territories to allow transportation of goods without the essential and non-essential distinction during the 21-day coronavirus lockdown, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week.
