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Photos on social media of the unusual last rites, conducted in the Manduadih village in Giridih’s Jamua block, showed the family saying their final goodbyes to the effigy of the 38-year-old migrant worker, who was working in Agra and was found dead at the city’s railway station last week. (Express Photo)

A migrant worker’s death, a family with no money to travel, and a funeral for an effigy

August 14, 2025 3:26 am

Sitaram Yadav died at a railway station in Agra; his family dressed a bamboo-and-straw effigy in his clothes to conduct the last rites

Stating that the ration relief quota was "limited as of now", the SDM urged the Bru leaders in Tripura to end the agitation since Zothanga was in a vulnerable shape.

Resettled Bru migrant Zothanga ends 5-day hunger strike in Tripura after govt assurance

July 23, 2025 9:09 pm

Bru migrants in Tripura write to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking benefits under the quadripartite Bru agreement.

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‘We will approach court to bring them back’: Families of migrants pushed into Bangladesh lodge missing diary with Bengal police

July 07, 2025 4:19 pm

Danish Sheikh, his wife Sunali Khatun, and their eight-year-old son — who said they submitted documents ‘proving’ they are natives of Paikar village in Bengal’s Birbhum — were allegedly deported to Bangladesh on June 26

US judge orders Trump administration to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children

April 02, 2025 10:53 am

The Republican administration on March 21 terminated a contract with the Acacia Centre for Justice, which provides legal services for unaccompanied migrant children under 18.

New Delhi: Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla with Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav and others at a protest over the deportation of Indian immigrants from the US, at Parliament House complex during the Budget session, in New Delhi, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)(PTI02_06_2025_000128A)

Deportation in handcuffs: Before Opposition MPs, Colombia, Brazil saw red

February 07, 2025 5:01 am

Both the Latin American govts had demanded that the deportees be treated with “dignity” and pushed back against the Trump administration’s move.

Five die after migrant boat capsizes off Greek island, many feared missing

December 14, 2024 10:00 pm

So far 39 men - most of them from Pakistan - have been rescued by cargo vessels sailing in the area.

Satnam Singh was injured on Monday while working on a farm in Latina, a rural area south of Rome, home to tens of thousands of Indian migrant workers. (File)

Injured Punjabi man dies in Italy after being dumped on roadside by employer

June 20, 2024 9:02 pm

Satnam Singh, an illegal immigrant. was cutting hay when his arm was chopped off by the machine.

Indian man, with severed arm, dies in Italy after being dumped on road; MEA responds

June 20, 2024 6:06 am

The Indian labourer Satnam Singh’s arm was severed while he was working in a farm and his body was dumped along the road without being attended to.

Migrant boat sinks off Turkey, children among 22 dead

March 15, 2024 8:40 pm

Search and rescue operations continued, involving ten coastguard boats, 2 helicopters, marine police, Turkey's Disaster Management Authority (AFAD) and National Medical Rescue Team (UMKE).

Migrant entry numbers into Europe hit six-year high

January 13, 2023 4:35 pm

people arriving at Europe's borders to apply for asylum have a reasonable chance of being allowed in, while those who come without a visa in search of jobs and better lives are mostly turned away.

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A day in the life of a migrant caravan in Mexico

November 02, 2018 1:11 pm

Trump, who campaigned against illegal immigration to win the 2016 US presidential vote, has seized on this caravan in the run-up to the Nov. 6 mid-term congressional elections, firing up support for his Republican Party.

India will be back on negotiating table in 1-2 months seeking a deal, 'saying sorry', says US Commerce Secretary Lutnick

India will be back seeking a deal, ‘saying sorry’, says US Commerce Secretary Lutnick

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US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick predicts that India will apologise and return to the negotiating table within the next month or two to sign a trade deal with the US. He urges India to choose between supporting the US or aligning with Russia and China. Lutnick also criticised India's retaliatory tariffs and calls Prime Minister Modi's meeting with Chinese and Russian leaders "bravado."

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