Whose land?

Myopic relief

Winter relief

Insects travel 4,000 km to avoid the cold British weather

From Australia to Africa, fences are stopping Earth’s great animal migrations

For time immemorial, many wildlife species have survived by undertaking heroic long-distance migrations. But many of these great migrations are …

Beyond progress

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What will be the future of migration?

Down To Earth looks into whether climate change can trigger the next wave of migrants

India witnesses highest migration to OECD countries: International Migration Outlook 2023

Nearly half a million Indians have migrated to OECD countries in 2021

The Migration Challenge

Climate change can trigger security concerns in South Asia

Climate change can trigger conflicts, violence and migration due to water scarcity, food insecurity, lack of shelter and livelihood constrains

Forced migration

A disaster the world prefers to forget

Forced migration: Lack of global political will poses challenge for proper response, says report

By the end of 2020, 86 per cent people displaced across borders lived in countries with developing economies.   

The women who are left behind

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Waking up to the horrors of child labour

Several groups are working among child workers in India, seeking to improve their working and living conditions

Farmers' long march to the city

A cash-strapped Chinese government is trying to prevent unpaid farmers from moving to the cities in search of more money.

'Television had promised rain'

RAMESH YADAV, migrant auto driver, converses with NITIN SETHI on drought, media, politics and migration

In nature's backyard

New eco-friendly market towns can stop downhill migration

Where cancer lurks

Incidence of leukaemia is higher among children when both the parents are migrants

How climate change could affect African migration patterns

There is belief among some that climate change drives human displacement, but research in Malawi suggests otherwise

On shifting sands

Thousands in Bihar prepare to migrate, again, as the Kosi changes course

Craning glory: Demoiselle cranes find sanctuary in Rajasthan village

Kheechan village on the edge of the Thar desert lies on the migration route of demoiselle cranes travelling from their breeding grounds in …

Out of Africa flashback: Is the world witnessing a migration wave due to lack of water?

Dry spells account for up to one-tenth of the increase in world migration

White butterflies are filling Johannesburg’s skies earlier than usual. Climate change is to blame

There is a strong statistical relationship between the arrival dates of the butterflies and the combination of minimum temperature and …

From the blurbs

Submerged by dams

Famine in motion