World migration report 2024
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched the World Migration Report 2024, which reveals significant shifts in global migration patterns, including a record number of displaced people
Displacement
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Families continue to face woes of rehabilitation
316 families were displaced from seven villages for the prestigious ICTT at Vallarpadam “It is a matter of shame for a civilised society to still condemn these families who had sacrificed all their hard-earned belongings for a prestigious project, to a sub-human existence.” This was how the fact investigation committee headed by K. Sukumaran, former Kerala High Court judge, started its report on the rehabilitation process of families displaced for the prestigious International Container Transshipment Terminal at Vallarpadam.
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Locals demand rehab before power project commissioning
Haflong: Apprehending that they would be left in the lurch once the 150 MW Lower Kopili Hyrdro Electric Project in Dima Hasao district is commissioned, local people have demanded the state government to ensure proper compensation, rehabilitation and employment opportunities before power generation commences. Several organisations, including Karbi Students’ Association (KSA), Sominder Karbi Amei (SKA) and Karbi Nimso Chingthur Asong (KNCA), together submitted a memorandum to Assam Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi in this regard on Saturday.
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Scrap Kalu dam project, says advisory panel
A Forest Advisory Committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has stated that the state government project to build a dam on river Kalu in Thane district should be scrapped. The Bombay high
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Farmers may not get land
Farmers, whose tracts have been acquired by the government for the Emaar, Financial District and other projects, seem to have a remote possibility of getting them back. Except for a decision by the state
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Motivations for slum dweller social movement participation in urban Africa: a study of mobilization in Kurasini, Dar es Salaam
This paper examines what motivates the participation of African slum(1) dwellers in urban social movement activities. This issue is analyzed through a case study of grassroots mobilization around evictions
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NBA threatens suit against Maheshwar dam promoters
The war of words between the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) and Shree Maheshwar Hydel Power Corporation Ltd. (SMHPCL), the private company building the Maheshwar dam, has reached its peak with the NBA threatening to file a suit against the company for making “wild and defamatory” allegations. “The SMHPCL has falsely stated that the petition in the National Green Tribunal was not filed by project oustees but by the office-bearers of the NBA. Both the petitioners are bona fide oustees affected by the Maheshwar and neither of them are office-bearers,” NBA leader Alok Agarwal told The Hindu .
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India uproots most people for ‘progress’
Between 60 and 65 million people are estimated to have been displaced in India since Independence, the highest number of people uprooted for development projects in the world. “This amounts to around one
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Rights of farmers, adivasis on agenda
New Delhi: A number of farmer leaders were present at the one-day fast at Jantar Mantar on Sunday, where speakers took up the issue of land acquisition. Both Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare spoke about the
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The state of the world’s refugees 2012: in search of solidarity - a synthesis
This publication provides a synthesis of UNHCR’s flagship publication, The State of the World’s Refugees: In Search of Solidarity. The book itself was produced during 2011-2012, and written from the perspective
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State of the world’s minorities and indigenous peoples 2012: focus on land rights and natural resources
Minorities and indigenous peoples are under increasing threat from governments and private companies wanting to benefit from the resources found on or under their lands. Despite the growing recognition