Tag: Trauma

Deported Migrant Recounts Harrowing Journey: ‘Crossed 18 Hills, Saw Dead Bodies’ on ‘Donkey Route’ to US

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Deported Migrant Recounts Harrowing Journey: 'Crossed 18 Hills, Saw Dead Bodies' on 'Donkey Route' to US

‘Crossed 18 hills, saw dead bodies’: Deported migrant on ‘donkey’ route to US Indian immigrants, who arrived in Amritsar in a US C-17 military aircraft, shared shocking details of how they entered the US through the “donkey route”. One of the 104 deported Indian nationals, who hailed from Punjab, claimed he was first taken to Italy and then to Latin America. “Our clothes worth ₹30,000-35,000 were stolen on the way,” he told PTI. The deportee said they took a 15-hour-long boat ride and were made to walk 40-45 kms. “We crossed 17-18…

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Trauma, Memory loss, Anxiety; Inside the ‘Dark World’ of pellet victims, Amnesty calls for immediate ban

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For them, the world is dark. It’s been almost a year since they lost their vision to deadly pellets fired ‘indiscriminately’ by government forces during the 2016 uprising in Kashmir. Aged between nine to 20 years, the pellet victims are in the midst of a dangerous conundrum: fast losing their memory due to psychological trauma they have gone through in the past more than a year. The victims, including girls, have remained confined to the four walls of their homes since the pellets snatched their eyesight. They say they only…

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