By Vaidehi Shah Abbas Pada, 45, pulls rickshaws through the streets of Dhaka, Bangladesh for a living. Every evening, he returns to his living quarters in a slum, where he calculates how much of the day’s meagre earnings goes to…
Category: Migration
Election Commission bid to keep Rohingyas out of voter list
The Election Commission (EC) has sought information over Rohingya refugees from three ministries with a view to keeping them out of the country’s voter list.
Europe’s enigma is as stark closer home
Prakash Bhandar Europe is facing an unprecedented refugee situation as desperate families from war-torn Syria and political crises-ridden Hungary are making a beeline for various countries there, travelling long distances by train, road, rickety boats and even walking to reach…
Borders close as migrants seek alternative routes to EU states
Croatia has closed seven of its eight road border crossings with Serbia following a huge influx of migrants. Officials in Zagreb said they had no choice after more than 10,000 people entered the country a day after Hungary fenced off…
Religious support for Qatari labour reforms puts Gulf states on spot
By James M. Dorsey A panel in Doha of religious scholars, officials of Qatar’s government-sponsored human rights committee, and international labour activists has called on Qatar to radically alter its controversial labour policies. The call serves to support Qatari government…
French honorary consul ‘sold boats to migrants’ in Turkey
France has suspended the country’s honorary consul in the Turkish port of Bodrum after a television report showed dinghies being sold to migrants from a shop that she owned. Footage secretly filmed by France 2 TV shows Francoise Olcay selling…
Hungarian army stages border exercise to face migrant crisis
Hungary’s army has begun exercises to prepare for a possible future role in guarding the southern border to try to stem the influx of migrants. Budapest plans to send soldiers to help police at the border where thousands of migrants…
To help climate migrants, B’desh reclaims land from the sea
By Rafiqul Islam Dhaka, Sept 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Bangladesh is going ahead with an ambitious plan to reclaim land from the sea to help relocate people who have lost their homes to sea level rise, erosion and extreme…
Manpower export to double in 5 years
Finance Minister AMA Muhith has said that the annual number of manpower export to different countries of the world would reach 10 lakh annually in the next five years from the present five lakh a year, helping the remittance inflow…
Malaysia labour export process begins end-Dec
Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday said Malaysia will send the demand letter for manpower import from Bangladesh later this month. He told a press conference the registration of job seekers will begin from the…