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12 Bengali migrant workers murdered in 6 states, Maharashtra tops the crime list
Following the recently unleashed hysteria on the misnomer “Bangladeshi immigrants”, spearheaded by BJP elected officials from the Centre to States, as many as 12 Bengali migrant workers have been murdered, revealing the physical targeted harm that can flow out of systemic hate speech made by those in public authority; these are statistics compiled by the West Bengal Migrants Welfare Board; 4 of the 12 killed have been in “progressive” Maharashtra and 10 in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Bengali Migrant Workers Detained in Odisha: Calcutta High Court demands answers, seeks coordination between states
Court poses six pointed questions on detention of Sainur Islam and demands answers from Odisha over detention of youth during ‘identification drive’; Court directs West Bengal to appoint nodal officer
Taking Care of Children of Migrant Workers
A significant number of residents of Bhaggupurva hamlet in...
“Hungry Cannot Wait”: SC sets final deadline for Ration Cards to Migrant Workers
Ration Cards to 8 Crore Migrant Workers: the SC granted a final opportunity to the Centre and States/UTs to comply with its directions and provide Ration Cards to Migrant Workers by November 19
70 migrant families evicted in Bengaluru, homes demolished, accused of being “illegal immigrants” from Bangladesh even after valid documents
The eviction has left approximately 400 daily wage workers struggling on the street, the police took this act based on an allegedly false report of Republic TV Kannada; activists deem the instance to be abuse of power by the police, highlight violation of fundamental rights of the victims
3 migrant workers burned alive in Meghalaya, CM Conrad Sangma condemns the incident
This is the third incident in the past two months where workers have been fatally beaten in the state. The chief minister of the state has urged for harmony and unity.
SC: Give ration cards to 8 crore migrant/unorganised sector workers within two months
The Supreme Court’s landmark decision on the Right to Food directs that ration cards must be issued irrespective of quotas set under NFSA
Manual Scavenging: 4 die cleaning septic tank in Surat
After the motor failed, four migrant workers set to the task of cleaning a septic tank by hand. When one of them failed to respond after venturing into the 25 feet deep tank, the rest of them followed suit - each to his own death.
Fake News Regarding Situation of Migrant Workers in Tamil Nadu Being Made Viral
One such piece of fake news was attributed to the Hindi daily Dainik Jagran. As per the paper clip, on March 2, the newspaper, in its Lucknow edition, reported that "Hindi-speaking labourers were being killed in Tamil Nadu."
‘ASI Protects None, Neither Monuments Nor People in Tughlaqabad’
“The ASI is hiding some key facts. We found that the 100-metre radius contains a government school and dispensary as well as houses of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ramesh Bidhuri. None of those buildings seems to have been earmarked for demolition,” said Sucheta De.
Food, Housing, Health- limitations of post Covid-19 Migrant workers’ related policies
CJP Team -
A close look at some of governments post pandemic policies for migrants reveals that key structural exclusions in the labour codes, the one nation, one ration card (ONORC) and PMAY schemes threaten serious exclusions