Four farm laborers, identified as Waseem Khan (Pakistani, 29), Amin Fazal Khogjani (Afghan, 28), Ullah Ismat Qiemi (Afghan, 19), and Safi Iayjad (Afghan, 27), were found burned alive in Amendolara, Italy. A fifth migrant, Mohammad Taj Alamyar (Afghan, 35), survived by escaping through a window. Two Pakistani nationals, Safeer Ahmed and Ali Raza (both 31), have been detained.
The Supreme Court ruled that temporary casual labourers in government departments are entitled to pensionary benefits upon superannuation, even if their jobs are not regularized. The court rejected the government's plea of financial burden, stating pension is an enforceable constitutional right and a deferred wage.
South Korea will launch DNA tests on remains of 136 Korean forced laborers killed in a 1942 coal mine disaster in Japan's Ube. The Chosei mine tunnel collapsed and flooded, and the mining company allegedly sealed tunnels, leaving bodies unrecovered. The issue was discussed at a summit and will be further addressed.
ADDIS ABABA: The number of migrants who died on the “Eastern Route” from the Horn of Africa to the Arabian Peninsula doubled to a record high of 922 last year, the UN migration agency said Wednesday. Tens of thousands of migrants from Ethiopia, Somalia and neighboring countries take the route across the Red Sea each year, mostly from Djibouti to Yemen, in search of work as laborers or domestic workers in wealthy Gulf countries.
