Launched amid much enthusiasm and fanfare over a month ago, Dhaka-Kolkata passenger train service now sees not even one third of seat capacity of the carriages used. Passengers attribute poor show of the Maitree Express service to long stops at the border stations–Darshana in Bangladesh and Gede in India–for immigration and customs formalities, twice-a-week only […]
High Court rules Australia cannot send asylum seekers to Malaysia
The High Court in Australia ruled Wednesday that the country cannot send asylum seekers to Malaysia. The prime ministers of both countries had announced the agreement in May, saying it was aimed at reducing human smuggling and illegal migration to Australia. Under the deal struck at the time, the next 800 asylum seekers who arrived […]
NPR Series Looks at What Really Happens When Immigrant Workers Are Deported
– by James Parks Much of the debate over immigration reform focuses on the status of undocumented workers in this country. Often lost is any discussion about why so many immigrants come to the United States and what happens when they are deported and return home. As the United States has intensified its crackdown on immigration in recent years, […]
Germany stands alone: domestic and foreign policy fail
Ignorance? Incompetence? Unwillingness to look at the current state of affairs clearly? These are harsh words, but how else can one describe short-sighted actions of the German Chancellor Angela Merkel? Look at the unpleasant results of the open doors policy she started in 2015. Let`s count: more than one million refugees in Germany; severe ethnic […]
International trade – Is It at Risk as The Populist Clamor for Nationalism Becomes Louder
What does Trump and Brexit mean altogether for international trade? 2016 has been an eventful year and it is likely to go down the annals as the year that the trade map of the world was redrawn. The Brexit vote in June is a shocking vote that saw the United Kingdom voting to leave the […]
Union Home Minister Reviews Ongoing Rescue & Relief Operations
Set Up Camps At India Nepal Border New Delhi (PIB-GR-TYP-BIN): The Union Home Minister, Mr. Rajnath Singh reviewed the ongoing rescue & relief operations in earthquake affected areas of India, on April 26. The meeting was attended by the Union Home Secretary, Mr. L.C. Goyal, the Secretary, Border Management, Mrs. Sneh Lata Kumar, the Secretary NDMA, […]
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