Migrants
Idea Exchange: Public discussion could have saved poor from suffering in pandemic. India needed more democracy than was allowed, says Amartya Sen
"I don’t know whether the country in any sense aspired to become a ‘$5 trillion economy’ — some people did certainly — but people mostly wanted basic justice," Sen said.
More than 3,400 dead or missing for crossing borders this year: IOM
The International Organisation for Migration says more than 3,400 migrants died or were recorded as missing as they tried to cross borders around the globe in this year's first five months, over 80 per cent of them trying to
2,000 migrants rescued in Mediterranean
A total of 2,000 migrants have been saved from 15 boats in the Mediterranean and two bodies were recovered, the Italian coastguard said.
Some 2,000 migrants rescued off Libya: Italian coastguard
More than 800 migrants were already rescued off Libya on Wednesday, mainly by vessels chartered by the aid groups Doctors Without Borders (MSF), SOS Mediterranee, MOAS and SeaWatch.
Migrant deaths in Mediterranean top 10,000 since 2014: UN
The International Organisation for Migration meanwhile said the death toll so far this year was already nearly a thousand above the 1,838 deaths registered in the Mediterranean during the first half of 2015.
UK asks migrants on spousal visas to learn English or leave UK
The UK government today warned that migrants on spousal visas who fail to speak English may face deportation, as it announced a new 20 million pound fund to improve the language skills among migrant Muslim women.
