Migrants  

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan has hit out at West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee for asking only two trains for Bengali migrants

While Congress president Sonia Gandhi offered to pay for migrants’ train fare, railways has made it clear that it has employed an 85-15% formula which makes train travel free for all migrants. India has lodged a strong protest against Pakistan Supreme Court’s order on holding general elections in Gilgit-Baltistan.
 

Has the Congress put itself in a spot of bother as it offers to pay for migrants despite railways saying that the Centre and states would bear the costs on May 2 itself? 

1718 new cases have been reported in India in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 33050. The recovery rate is now 25.19%.
The Union home ministry has made it clear that as of now, only buses will be allowed to bring back students and migrants. It added it is not considering trains presently.

Hearing a case on migrants getting back to their villages in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, the top court issued detailed directions to the government 

The government under Narendra Modi has been taking steps to ensure the return of Kashmiri Pandits to their legitimate home. Now an exercise is underway to accommodate the genuine Kashmir Pandit migrants in their respective homes.

With 3 lakh Bangladeshi nationals situated in Bengaluru, members of the Ansar-al-Aslam have found their way into the city. It is time to protect the city from possible threats by terror groups

Union home minister Amit Shah has assured people of northeastern states that he would accommodate their requests with a view to ease tensions in the area. 

In the year 2006, the then PM Manmohan Singh had said that ‘Muslims must have the first claim to resources’. This was clearly in contravention to the spirit of constitution as he discriminated based on religion 

Three soldiers, allegedly belonging to the Rapid Action Batallion of Bangladesh were detained for trespassing the border and entering India. Two women, allegedly linked to the three detained persons from Bangladesh, were also caught by Sipahijala villagers in Tripura.
 

Hello and welcome to all the amazing people out there. My name is Amal Chowdhury and I am here with another episode of DePress room. So once again the BBC has done it and how. So the news starts with a positive note and I quote, "India's Home Affairs Minister, Amit Shah, has vowed to remove illegal migrants from the state of West Bengal through a government scheme that was used recently in the north-eastern state of Assam." But after these very lines, they go back to their old rhetoric where they say that the NRC will exaggerate the widespread fear in Assam.

The migrants in Kerala spend nearly one-third of their earning locally, which will be roughly Rs 10,000 crore per year. In the state, 18% of the migrant workers are skilled labours and 69% are unskilled labours. Dinesh Lal Yadav, also known as Nirahua, is now famous in a Kerala district thanks to migrants

BOI has been working across the country for the upliftment of Brahmins in India and this time they have decided to reach out to the Kashmir migrants who are the victims of Pakistani terrorism

While nations prepare to better manage migrants, the threat that migration imposes on the sovereignty of a nation is one that cannot be ignored. The UN migration agreement has sparked protests in Sweden over safety concerns.  
 

British Home Secretary Sajid Javid published a white paper that set out a new immigration system. The skill-based system was highly appreciated overseas but was met with some concern in the United Kingdom.