With most work visas tied to sponsors, the UK's post-Brexit Points Based Immigration System severely limits migrant workers’ abilities to change jobs, putting employers in a position of great power, which remains unchecked, according to a new report.

Migrant workers face exploitation due to UK's employer sponsorship scheme: Report

Eleven people, including three children, have died and four are critically ill after inhaling a poisonous gas in a thickly populated Giaspura locality in Ludhiana, Punjab, with the source and type of the gas yet to be ascertained.

Tragic gas leak kills 10 from 3 families in Ludhiana's Giaspura; Victims mostly daily wage migrants

The day emphasises the importance of protecting rights and dignity of migrants.

'Harness potential of human mobility’ on International Migrants Day 2021; Know history & significance

The labourers fear for their lives and said they are left with no money.

Scared migrant workers leave Kashmir valley after recent civilians killings by terrorists

At least 25,000 migrant workers who returned home in the wake of the pandemic will be benefited in states like Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Odisha.

PM Modi at launch of Garib Kalyan scheme addresses biggest concern of returnee migrants - jobs

These hungry and thirsty stranded migrants had been waiting to return home for the last 4-5 days near the Amritsar railway station.

Hungry and thirsty stranded migrant workers stage protest outside Amritsar DC office

Thousands of migrant workers along with their families hit the road in various cities as they lost jobs due to lockdown imposed to break the coronavirus infection chain.

198 migrant workers died in road accidents during lockdown

Fourteen migrant labourers were crushed to death early on Friday by a goods train in Maharashtra after they fell asleep on the tracks. The home-bound exhausted lot of workers were run over between Jalna and Aurangabad.

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