Ten years on, India’s biometric ID excludes homeless, transgender people
Bangkok, ThailandThomson Reuters Foundation Ten years after it was introduced, India’s national digital identity system is becoming ubiquitous in the country, even as large numbers of homeless and transgender people are excluded and many denied essential services, a study showed. More than 1.2 billion Aadhaar IDs have been issued, according to government data. It is […]
World Council of Churches issues call to combat “exclusion, stigmatisation and criminalisation” of migrants and refugees
The World Council of Churches has called for the international community to combat “xenophobic and racist discourses that seek to exclude, stigmatise and criminalise migrants and refugees” and urged churches to promote inclusiveness of migrants and refugees. In a statement issued from its week-long meeting in Uppsala, Sweden, the WCC’s executive committee said in several […]