Migrant
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US to remove makeshift container border from Mexico border in Arizona
•The Biden administration and the Republican governor entered into an agreement that Arizona will cease installing the containers in the Coronado National Forest according to court documents filed Wednesday in US District Court in Phoenix
Texas: At least 46 migrants found dead inside tractor-trailer in San Antonio
•As many as 16 people have been rushed to hospitals with heat-related illnesses, 12 were adults and four were children, said Fire Chief Charles Hood
Slain Kashmiri Pandit employee's kin get appointment letter, Rs 5 lakh as financial assistance
•Rahul Bhat was gunned down by terrorists inside the Tehsil office in Chadoora town in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on 12 May
North East and 35 million climate migrants from Bangladesh: Chronicle of an invasion foretold
Jaideep Saikia •Poverty, narrow adaptive capacity, inadequately funded and ineffective control fuelled with a nightmarish population has ranked Bangladesh as one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change
At largest emergency shelter in US, panic attacks highlight stress for migrant kids
•Lawyers and advocates question why most of the children are at unlicensed shelters.
Oscars 2021: Minari's depiction of migrant culture underlines human need to seek home away from home
Manik Sharma •The surge of right-wing politics around the world is a natural response to the liberal movement of people, the inter-change and subsequent mixing of cultures and heritages. Minari, therefore, is a beautifully time-fitted capsule.
A COVID Christmas in Johannesburg: An unexpected 'celebration' in unprecedented times
Srila Roy •An essay about family, festivals, being a single migrant mother — and the pandemic we're living through.
Pandemic forced the industry to shut shop; filmmakers like me have lived with this uncertainty all along, writes Devashish Makhija
Devashish Makhija •"For filmmakers driven by an artistic impulse, and not market mechanics, the pandemic changed absolutely nothing."
From Manoj Bajpayee's Bhojpuri rap to Gulzar, Javed Akhtar's poems, a look at how celebs responded to migrant crisis
Fp Staff •'Bambai Main Ka Ba,' a searing rap song sung and performed by Manoj Bajpayee, and directed by Anubhav Sinha, tears down the gaze of privilege and asks us to acknowledge the plight of migrant workers.
Do India's biggest sporting stars not feel the pain of migrant workers?
Ujwals •While millions of Indians suffer the worst during the coronavirus-induced lockdown, there's been a conspicuous silence among the biggest box office athletes of India on migrant crisis.