New York City Faces Migrant Influx and Housing Crisis
New York City grapples with a migrant influx, housing challenges, and rising costs as officials declare a state of emergency.
New York City grapples with a migrant influx, housing challenges, and rising costs as officials declare a state of emergency.
The fire chief added that the vehicle had no working air conditioning and there was no drinking water inside.
The incident occurred under similar conditions in the early hours on Sunday when Greek authorities received a distress call.
According to the source, some were discovered onboard improvised boats and jet skis attempting to reach European coasts, while others attempted to swim.
Libya has been suffering insecurity and chaos since the fall of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, making the North African country a preferred point of departure for illegal migrants who want to cross the Mediterranean Sea to European shores.
After the plight of the girls became public on social media, actor Sonu Sood stepped forward to help them.
As extreme heat, hunger and dehydration add to the woes of returning migrant workers, at least 10 passengers have been found dead in ‘Shramik Special’ trains since Monday.
The top court further stated that if migrant workers are found on foot by any state authority, they should be 'taken to shelters immediately and provided with food and all facilities'.
Earlier, Union Home Minister Amit Shah in a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, had expressed his dismay over the state government stonewalling efforts by the Centre to facilitate transportation of migrant labourers back to the state.
The Supreme Court had on Tuesday taken suo motu cognizance of problems faced by the migrant labourers who are stranded in different parts of the country due to the nationwide lockdown to contain the Coronavirus outbreak.
