“Broken dreams” – Bangladesh’s returning migrants struggle at home
Dhaka, BangladeshThomson Reuters Foundation Like many poor Bangladeshis, Komol Shohlagar thought moving overseas for work would change his life. It did – but not in the way he hoped. Shohlagar, 33, travelled to Libya with people smugglers in the hope of reaching Europe, but when he got there, the smugglers held him captive to extort […]
One migrant child dies each day worldwide, UN data shows
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation A migrant child died almost every day over the past four years while trying to reach safety, the UN said on Friday, as a photo of a man and his young daughter who drowned while trying to enter the US sparked global outcry. The UN migration agency said that at least 32,000 […]