UN expert mentions Indian migrant crisis in report
(WorldNews India)

A report by the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Special Rapporteur on Slavery, presented at the ongoing 45th session of the Geneva-headquartered UN body earlier this week, included reference to India’s migrant crisis during the Covid-19 lockdown, and says the internal migration of more than 100 million people deprived them economically, exposed them to indebtedness and police brutality, and stigamtised them. In its reply, India said it was not consulted by the Special Rapporteur. “We firmly believe that specific references to a State in context of a global problem and that too in a thematic report should be best avoided or should be made after prior consultation with the...