Tag: MIGRATION
Black lives are being lost in the Mediterranean – but the world remains silent
A black baby was born on a boat on the Mediterranean Sea in late June. Its mother was trying to escape from Libya, together...
Missing Women Migrants : The Male Centric Story of Migration Amid the Lockdown
Migration of thousands of workers from urban centres in the phase of the lockdown has been at the heart of the public imagery, but why are the women missing from this male dominated migration narrative?
An Insufficient Relief Package for the Lockdown: Can India Sustain?
Faced with a lockdown, the real challenge is of containing the virus and sustaining the weaker sections of the populace.
Confusion and Endless Wait at Anand Vihar as Migrant Workers Line Up to Go...
Crowds swell up at Anand Vihar Terminal as migrant workers wait for buses to take them back home.
Transgender Rights/Marginalisation and Exclusion Continue for Assam’s Transgender Persons Excluded from NRC
The exclusion of more than 2000 persons from the Assam NRC despite NALSA judgement, paints a grim picture.
The Assam Bandh over Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016
POLITICS
A bandh was organised in Assam to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 to grant Indian citizenship to all non-Muslim refugees who left India due to religious persecution and entered India prior to December 31, 2014. The BJP opposed the bandh and the Congress and AGP supported it.
