Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]Code Context
trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);
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$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 73 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.' $stackFrame = (int) 1 $trace = [ (int) 0 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php', 'line' => (int) 2421, 'function' => 'deprecationWarning', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.' ] ], (int) 1 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php', 'line' => (int) 73, 'function' => 'offsetGet', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'catslug' ] ], (int) 2 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php', 'line' => (int) 610, 'function' => 'printArticle', 'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController', 'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ], (int) 3 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php', 'line' => (int) 120, 'function' => 'invokeAction', 'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller', 'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ], (int) 4 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php', 'line' => (int) 94, 'function' => '_invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {} ] ], (int) 5 => [ 'file' => 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=> object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 8 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 9 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 88, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 10 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 11 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 96, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 12 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 13 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 51, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 14 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php', 'line' => (int) 98, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 15 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php', 'line' => (int) 39, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ] ] $frame = [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php', 'line' => (int) 73, 'function' => 'offsetGet', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) { trustProxy => false [protected] params => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] cookies => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] _environment => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/short-term-media-grants-what-happened-to-the-refugees-and-migrants-in-the-covid-year-of-2020/print' [protected] base => '' [protected] webroot => '/' [protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/short-term-media-grants-what-happened-to-the-refugees-and-migrants-in-the-covid-year-of-2020/print' [protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] _input => null [protected] _detectors => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] _detectorCache => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {} [protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {} [protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {} [protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] emulatedAttributes => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] protocol => null [protected] requestTarget => null [private] deprecatedProperties => [ [maximum depth reached] ] }, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'catslug' ] ]deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311 Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421 App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 73 Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94 Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51 Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98
Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]Code Context
trigger_error($message, E_USER_DEPRECATED);
}
$message = 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php.' $stackFrame = (int) 1 $trace = [ (int) 0 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ServerRequest.php', 'line' => (int) 2421, 'function' => 'deprecationWarning', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead.' ] ], (int) 1 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php', 'line' => (int) 74, 'function' => 'offsetGet', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'artileslug' ] ], (int) 2 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Controller/Controller.php', 'line' => (int) 610, 'function' => 'printArticle', 'class' => 'App\Controller\ArtileDetailController', 'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ], (int) 3 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php', 'line' => (int) 120, 'function' => 'invokeAction', 'class' => 'Cake\Controller\Controller', 'object' => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ], (int) 4 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php', 'line' => (int) 94, 'function' => '_invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(App\Controller\ArtileDetailController) {} ] ], (int) 5 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/BaseApplication.php', 'line' => (int) 235, 'function' => 'dispatch', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 6 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\BaseApplication', 'object' => object(App\Application) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 7 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 162, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 8 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 9 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 88, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 10 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 11 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 96, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 12 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 13 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 51, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 14 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php', 'line' => (int) 98, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 15 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php', 'line' => (int) 39, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ] ] $frame = [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php', 'line' => (int) 74, 'function' => 'offsetGet', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) { trustProxy => false [protected] params => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] cookies => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] _environment => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/short-term-media-grants-what-happened-to-the-refugees-and-migrants-in-the-covid-year-of-2020/print' [protected] base => '' [protected] webroot => '/' [protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/short-term-media-grants-what-happened-to-the-refugees-and-migrants-in-the-covid-year-of-2020/print' [protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] _input => null [protected] _detectors => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] _detectorCache => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {} [protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {} [protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {} [protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] emulatedAttributes => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] protocol => null [protected] requestTarget => null [private] deprecatedProperties => [ [maximum depth reached] ] }, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'artileslug' ] ]deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311 Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421 App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 74 Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94 Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51 Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98
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$response = object(Cake\Http\Response) { 'status' => (int) 200, 'contentType' => 'text/html', 'headers' => [ 'Content-Type' => [ [maximum depth reached] ] ], 'file' => null, 'fileRange' => [], 'cookies' => object(Cake\Http\Cookie\CookieCollection) {}, 'cacheDirectives' => [], 'body' => '<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <link rel="canonical" href="https://im4change.in/<pre class="cake-error"><a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="document.getElementById('cakeErr67f812d108038-trace').style.display = (document.getElementById('cakeErr67f812d108038-trace').style.display == 'none' ? 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(b) Initiatives of solidarity with migrant workers undertaken by various civil society organisations, local clubs, municipal councillors, small groups of people, private or government employees, political workers, and humanitarian activists &ndash; their linkages and histories; (c) Dynamics of bustee (slum) level protection; (d) Situation of returnee migrants, their reception in villages and towns, fear of the migrant workers as carriers of the virus, migrant workers&rsquo; prospect of work on return, their return to old jobs, responsibility of the state governments and local bodies, etc.; perceptions of the media about returnee migrants; returnee migrant as an election issue; (e) The role of the social media in the migrant crisis during the lock down; (f) The &ldquo;data crisis&rdquo; around the migrant workers during the lockdown and the pandemic; (g) Court judgments and other legal aspects such as the efficacy of the Inter State Migrant Workmen Act of 1979; and (h) The rehabilitation of the Rohingya refugees of Cox&rsquo;s Bazar in the Bhasan Island in Bay of Bengal and the roles of the State and the international humanitarian agencies.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Additionally, the year 2021 being the 50th year of the Bangladesh refugee crisis, proposals will be welcome on the situation of refugees in India in 1971 around issues of life in camps, diseases, violence, politics, and the return of refugees.</p><p style="text-align:justify"><strong>About the media grant</strong></p><p style="text-align:justify">Each grant will carry a total amount of Rs. 40,000/- (Rupees Forty thousand only) including any research expenses. 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Applicants are requested to consult the Calcutta Research Group website <a href="http://www.mcrg.ac.in" title="http://www.mcrg.ac.in">www.mcrg.ac.in</a> for information on the institution.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="/upload/files/MCRG%20Report_Media_Workshop_Planning_Meeting_IWM.pdf" title="/upload/files/MCRG%20Report_Media_Workshop_Planning_Meeting_IWM.pdf">click here</a> to access more information on the previous media fellowship programme (2020).</p><p style="text-align:justify">Any relevant enquiry (email ids: <a href="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in">forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in</a> and <a href="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in">subhashree@mcrg.ac.in</a>) will be welcome.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="http://www.mcrg.ac.in/IWM_Migration/Media%20workshop%20notification%202021.htm" title="http://www.mcrg.ac.in/IWM_Migration/Media%20workshop%20notification%202021.htm">click here</a> for more information.&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align:justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/covid-19-govt-issues-guidelines-for-movement-of-workers-to-workplace-120041900590_1.html" title="https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/covid-19-govt-issues-guidelines-for-movement-of-workers-to-workplace-120041900590_1.html">Business Standard</a></strong></p>' $lang = 'English' $SITE_URL = 'https://im4change.in/' $site_title = 'im4change' $adminprix = 'admin'</pre><pre class="stack-trace">include - APP/Template/Layout/printlayout.ctp, line 8 Cake\View\View::_evaluate() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1413 Cake\View\View::_render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 1374 Cake\View\View::renderLayout() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 927 Cake\View\View::render() - CORE/src/View/View.php, line 885 Cake\Controller\Controller::render() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 791 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 126 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94 Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51</pre></div></pre>latest-news-updates/short-term-media-grants-what-happened-to-the-refugees-and-migrants-in-the-covid-year-of-2020.html"/> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; 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(b) Initiatives of solidarity with migrant workers undertaken by various civil society organisations, local clubs, municipal councillors, small groups of people, private or government employees, political workers, and humanitarian activists – their linkages and histories; (c) Dynamics of bustee (slum) level protection; (d) Situation of returnee migrants, their reception in villages and towns, fear of the migrant workers as carriers of the virus, migrant workers’ prospect of work on return, their return to old jobs, responsibility of the state governments and local bodies, etc.; perceptions of the media about returnee migrants; returnee migrant as an election issue; (e) The role of the social media in the migrant crisis during the lock down; (f) The “data crisis” around the migrant workers during the lockdown and the pandemic; (g) Court judgments and other legal aspects such as the efficacy of the Inter State Migrant Workmen Act of 1979; and (h) The rehabilitation of the Rohingya refugees of Cox’s Bazar in the Bhasan Island in Bay of Bengal and the roles of the State and the international humanitarian agencies.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Additionally, the year 2021 being the 50th year of the Bangladesh refugee crisis, proposals will be welcome on the situation of refugees in India in 1971 around issues of life in camps, diseases, violence, politics, and the return of refugees.</p><p style="text-align:justify"><strong>About the media grant</strong></p><p style="text-align:justify">Each grant will carry a total amount of Rs. 40,000/- (Rupees Forty thousand only) including any research expenses. Five selected candidates will be given grants. The selected candidates will be paid on submission of their reports/articles/media analyses.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Candidates are expected to have experience in reporting, writing, or editing for print and/or digital media. Reports in the form of photo-essays (original photographs) will be particularly welcome. Candidates with relevant experience and demonstrable interest in covering migrant-related stories will be preferred.</p><p style="text-align:justify">The investigative or analytic pieces will be of around 4000-5000 words. The grant period will be for three months. Selected candidates will have to submit their reports/writings to the Calcutta Research Group by 31 August 2021, which will have the right to publish these reports. Selected candidates will be also encouraged to publish short reports or analysis pieces on the basis of their work in any reputable journal, magazine, newspaper, or web-portal.</p><p style="text-align:justify"><strong>How to apply for the media grant?</strong></p><p style="text-align:justify">Detailed application, a statement of purpose of 500-750 words explaining the selected theme or story for investigation along with one previously published investigative or analysis piece may be sent by email by 10th April 2021 to <a href="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in">forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in</a> and <a href="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in">subhashree@mcrg.ac.in</a> .</p><p style="text-align:justify">Applicants should send their resume, cover letter, statement of purpose, and example of work in one file (PDF). The text of the sample piece along with the link has to be attached with the application.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Selected grant recipients will present their work in a media workshop to be held in December 2021. Applicants are requested to consult the Calcutta Research Group website <a href="http://www.mcrg.ac.in" title="http://www.mcrg.ac.in">www.mcrg.ac.in</a> for information on the institution.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="/upload/files/MCRG%20Report_Media_Workshop_Planning_Meeting_IWM.pdf" title="/upload/files/MCRG%20Report_Media_Workshop_Planning_Meeting_IWM.pdf">click here</a> to access more information on the previous media fellowship programme (2020).</p><p style="text-align:justify">Any relevant enquiry (email ids: <a href="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in">forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in</a> and <a href="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in">subhashree@mcrg.ac.in</a>) will be welcome.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="http://www.mcrg.ac.in/IWM_Migration/Media%20workshop%20notification%202021.htm" title="http://www.mcrg.ac.in/IWM_Migration/Media%20workshop%20notification%202021.htm">click here</a> for more information. </p><p style="text-align:justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/covid-19-govt-issues-guidelines-for-movement-of-workers-to-workplace-120041900590_1.html" title="https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/covid-19-govt-issues-guidelines-for-movement-of-workers-to-workplace-120041900590_1.html">Business Standard</a></strong></p> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;"> <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page " onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form> </td> </tr> </table></body> </html>' } $maxBufferLength = (int) 8192 $file = '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Error/Debugger.php' $line = (int) 853 $message = 'Unable to emit headers. 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(b) Initiatives of solidarity with migrant workers undertaken by various civil society organisations, local clubs, municipal councillors, small groups of people, private or government employees, political workers, and humanitarian activists – their linkages and histories; (c) Dynamics of bustee (slum) level protection; (d) Situation of returnee migrants, their reception in villages and towns, fear of the migrant workers as carriers of the virus, migrant workers’ prospect of work on return, their return to old jobs, responsibility of the state governments and local bodies, etc.; perceptions of the media about returnee migrants; returnee migrant as an election issue; (e) The role of the social media in the migrant crisis during the lock down; (f) The “data crisis” around the migrant workers during the lockdown and the pandemic; (g) Court judgments and other legal aspects such as the efficacy of the Inter State Migrant Workmen Act of 1979; and (h) The rehabilitation of the Rohingya refugees of Cox’s Bazar in the Bhasan Island in Bay of Bengal and the roles of the State and the international humanitarian agencies.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Additionally, the year 2021 being the 50th year of the Bangladesh refugee crisis, proposals will be welcome on the situation of refugees in India in 1971 around issues of life in camps, diseases, violence, politics, and the return of refugees.</p><p style="text-align:justify"><strong>About the media grant</strong></p><p style="text-align:justify">Each grant will carry a total amount of Rs. 40,000/- (Rupees Forty thousand only) including any research expenses. Five selected candidates will be given grants. The selected candidates will be paid on submission of their reports/articles/media analyses.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Candidates are expected to have experience in reporting, writing, or editing for print and/or digital media. Reports in the form of photo-essays (original photographs) will be particularly welcome. Candidates with relevant experience and demonstrable interest in covering migrant-related stories will be preferred.</p><p style="text-align:justify">The investigative or analytic pieces will be of around 4000-5000 words. The grant period will be for three months. Selected candidates will have to submit their reports/writings to the Calcutta Research Group by 31 August 2021, which will have the right to publish these reports. Selected candidates will be also encouraged to publish short reports or analysis pieces on the basis of their work in any reputable journal, magazine, newspaper, or web-portal.</p><p style="text-align:justify"><strong>How to apply for the media grant?</strong></p><p style="text-align:justify">Detailed application, a statement of purpose of 500-750 words explaining the selected theme or story for investigation along with one previously published investigative or analysis piece may be sent by email by 10th April 2021 to <a href="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in">forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in</a> and <a href="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in">subhashree@mcrg.ac.in</a> .</p><p style="text-align:justify">Applicants should send their resume, cover letter, statement of purpose, and example of work in one file (PDF). The text of the sample piece along with the link has to be attached with the application.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Selected grant recipients will present their work in a media workshop to be held in December 2021. Applicants are requested to consult the Calcutta Research Group website <a href="http://www.mcrg.ac.in" title="http://www.mcrg.ac.in">www.mcrg.ac.in</a> for information on the institution.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="/upload/files/MCRG%20Report_Media_Workshop_Planning_Meeting_IWM.pdf" title="/upload/files/MCRG%20Report_Media_Workshop_Planning_Meeting_IWM.pdf">click here</a> to access more information on the previous media fellowship programme (2020).</p><p style="text-align:justify">Any relevant enquiry (email ids: <a href="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in">forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in</a> and <a href="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in">subhashree@mcrg.ac.in</a>) will be welcome.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="http://www.mcrg.ac.in/IWM_Migration/Media%20workshop%20notification%202021.htm" title="http://www.mcrg.ac.in/IWM_Migration/Media%20workshop%20notification%202021.htm">click here</a> for more information. </p><p style="text-align:justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/covid-19-govt-issues-guidelines-for-movement-of-workers-to-workplace-120041900590_1.html" title="https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/covid-19-govt-issues-guidelines-for-movement-of-workers-to-workplace-120041900590_1.html">Business Standard</a></strong></p> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;"> <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page " onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form> </td> </tr> </table></body> </html>' } $reasonPhrase = 'OK'header - [internal], line ?? 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(b) Initiatives of solidarity with migrant workers undertaken by various civil society organisations, local clubs, municipal councillors, small groups of people, private or government employees, political workers, and humanitarian activists – their linkages and histories; (c) Dynamics of bustee (slum) level protection; (d) Situation of returnee migrants, their reception in villages and towns, fear of the migrant workers as carriers of the virus, migrant workers’ prospect of work on return, their return to old jobs, responsibility of the state governments and local bodies, etc.; perceptions of the media about returnee migrants; returnee migrant as an election issue; (e) The role of the social media in the migrant crisis during the lock down; (f) The “data crisis” around the migrant workers during the lockdown and the pandemic; (g) Court judgments and other legal aspects such as the efficacy of the Inter State Migrant Workmen Act of 1979; and (h) The rehabilitation of the Rohingya refugees of Cox’s Bazar in the Bhasan Island in Bay of Bengal and the roles of the State and the international humanitarian agencies.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Additionally, the year 2021 being the 50th year of the Bangladesh refugee crisis, proposals will be welcome on the situation of refugees in India in 1971 around issues of life in camps, diseases, violence, politics, and the return of refugees.</p><p style="text-align:justify"><strong>About the media grant</strong></p><p style="text-align:justify">Each grant will carry a total amount of Rs. 40,000/- (Rupees Forty thousand only) including any research expenses. Five selected candidates will be given grants. The selected candidates will be paid on submission of their reports/articles/media analyses.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Candidates are expected to have experience in reporting, writing, or editing for print and/or digital media. Reports in the form of photo-essays (original photographs) will be particularly welcome. Candidates with relevant experience and demonstrable interest in covering migrant-related stories will be preferred.</p><p style="text-align:justify">The investigative or analytic pieces will be of around 4000-5000 words. The grant period will be for three months. Selected candidates will have to submit their reports/writings to the Calcutta Research Group by 31 August 2021, which will have the right to publish these reports. Selected candidates will be also encouraged to publish short reports or analysis pieces on the basis of their work in any reputable journal, magazine, newspaper, or web-portal.</p><p style="text-align:justify"><strong>How to apply for the media grant?</strong></p><p style="text-align:justify">Detailed application, a statement of purpose of 500-750 words explaining the selected theme or story for investigation along with one previously published investigative or analysis piece may be sent by email by 10th April 2021 to <a href="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in">forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in</a> and <a href="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in">subhashree@mcrg.ac.in</a> .</p><p style="text-align:justify">Applicants should send their resume, cover letter, statement of purpose, and example of work in one file (PDF). The text of the sample piece along with the link has to be attached with the application.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Selected grant recipients will present their work in a media workshop to be held in December 2021. Applicants are requested to consult the Calcutta Research Group website <a href="http://www.mcrg.ac.in" title="http://www.mcrg.ac.in">www.mcrg.ac.in</a> for information on the institution.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="/upload/files/MCRG%20Report_Media_Workshop_Planning_Meeting_IWM.pdf" title="/upload/files/MCRG%20Report_Media_Workshop_Planning_Meeting_IWM.pdf">click here</a> to access more information on the previous media fellowship programme (2020).</p><p style="text-align:justify">Any relevant enquiry (email ids: <a href="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in">forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in</a> and <a href="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in">subhashree@mcrg.ac.in</a>) will be welcome.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="http://www.mcrg.ac.in/IWM_Migration/Media%20workshop%20notification%202021.htm" title="http://www.mcrg.ac.in/IWM_Migration/Media%20workshop%20notification%202021.htm">click here</a> for more information. </p><p style="text-align:justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/covid-19-govt-issues-guidelines-for-movement-of-workers-to-workplace-120041900590_1.html" title="https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/covid-19-govt-issues-guidelines-for-movement-of-workers-to-workplace-120041900590_1.html">Business Standard</a></strong></p> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td height="50" style="border-top:1px solid #000; border-bottom:1px solid #000;padding-top:10px;"> <form><input type="button" value=" Print this page " onclick="window.print();return false;"/></form> </td> </tr> </table></body> </html>' } $cookies = [] $values = [ (int) 0 => 'text/html; charset=UTF-8' ] $name = 'Content-Type' $first = true $value = 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'header - [internal], line ?? 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The text of the sample piece along with the link has to be attached with the application.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Selected grant recipients will present their work in a media workshop to be held in December 2021. Applicants are requested to consult the Calcutta Research Group website <a href="http://www.mcrg.ac.in" title="http://www.mcrg.ac.in">www.mcrg.ac.in</a> for information on the institution.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="/upload/files/MCRG%20Report_Media_Workshop_Planning_Meeting_IWM.pdf" title="/upload/files/MCRG%20Report_Media_Workshop_Planning_Meeting_IWM.pdf">click here</a> to access more information on the previous media fellowship programme (2020).</p><p style="text-align:justify">Any relevant enquiry (email ids: <a href="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in">forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in</a> and <a href="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in" title="http://subhashree@mcrg.ac.in">subhashree@mcrg.ac.in</a>) will be welcome.</p><p style="text-align:justify">Please <a href="http://www.mcrg.ac.in/IWM_Migration/Media%20workshop%20notification%202021.htm" title="http://www.mcrg.ac.in/IWM_Migration/Media%20workshop%20notification%202021.htm">click here</a> for more information. </p><p style="text-align:justify"><strong>Image Courtesy: <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/covid-19-govt-issues-guidelines-for-movement-of-workers-to-workplace-120041900590_1.html" title="https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/covid-19-govt-issues-guidelines-for-movement-of-workers-to-workplace-120041900590_1.html">Business Standard</a></strong></p>', 'lang' => 'English', 'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/', 'site_title' => 'im4change', 'adminprix' => 'admin' ] $article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) { 'id' => (int) 58552, 'title' => 'Short-term Media Grants: What Happened to the Refugees and Migrants in the Covid Year of 2020', 'subheading' => null, 'description' => '<p style="text-align:justify"><a href="http://www.mcrg.ac.in/IWM_Migration/Media%20workshop%20notification%202021.htm">MAHANIRBAN CALCUTTA RESEARCH GROUP</a> (Calcutta Research Group) is offering short-term media grants to reporters, journalists, and media practitioners for investigative studies on the following topics: (a) Frontline Covid warriors like lower level health workers at block and Gram Panchayat or local municipality level, ASHA workers, and nurses and doctors; (b) Initiatives of solidarity with migrant workers undertaken by various civil society organisations, local clubs, municipal councillors, small groups of people, private or government employees, political workers, and humanitarian activists – their linkages and histories; (c) Dynamics of bustee (slum) level protection; (d) Situation of returnee migrants, their reception in villages and towns, fear of the migrant workers as carriers of the virus, migrant workers’ prospect of work on return, their return to old jobs, responsibility of the state governments and local bodies, etc.; perceptions of the media about returnee migrants; returnee migrant as an election issue; (e) The role of the social media in the migrant crisis during the lock down; (f) The “data crisis” around the migrant workers during the lockdown and the pandemic; (g) Court judgments and other legal aspects such as the efficacy of the Inter State Migrant Workmen Act of 1979; and (h) The rehabilitation of the Rohingya refugees of Cox’s Bazar in the Bhasan Island in Bay of Bengal and the roles of the State and the international humanitarian agencies.</p> <p style="text-align:justify">Additionally, the year 2021 being the 50th year of the Bangladesh refugee crisis, proposals will be welcome on the situation of refugees in India in 1971 around issues of life in camps, diseases, violence, politics, and the return of refugees.</p> <p style="text-align:justify"><strong>About the media grant</strong></p> <p style="text-align:justify">Each grant will carry a total amount of Rs. 40,000/- (Rupees Forty thousand only) including any research expenses. 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Short-term Media Grants: What Happened to the Refugees and Migrants in the Covid Year of 2020 |
MAHANIRBAN CALCUTTA RESEARCH GROUP (Calcutta Research Group) is offering short-term media grants to reporters, journalists, and media practitioners for investigative studies on the following topics: (a) Frontline Covid warriors like lower level health workers at block and Gram Panchayat or local municipality level, ASHA workers, and nurses and doctors; (b) Initiatives of solidarity with migrant workers undertaken by various civil society organisations, local clubs, municipal councillors, small groups of people, private or government employees, political workers, and humanitarian activists – their linkages and histories; (c) Dynamics of bustee (slum) level protection; (d) Situation of returnee migrants, their reception in villages and towns, fear of the migrant workers as carriers of the virus, migrant workers’ prospect of work on return, their return to old jobs, responsibility of the state governments and local bodies, etc.; perceptions of the media about returnee migrants; returnee migrant as an election issue; (e) The role of the social media in the migrant crisis during the lock down; (f) The “data crisis” around the migrant workers during the lockdown and the pandemic; (g) Court judgments and other legal aspects such as the efficacy of the Inter State Migrant Workmen Act of 1979; and (h) The rehabilitation of the Rohingya refugees of Cox’s Bazar in the Bhasan Island in Bay of Bengal and the roles of the State and the international humanitarian agencies. Additionally, the year 2021 being the 50th year of the Bangladesh refugee crisis, proposals will be welcome on the situation of refugees in India in 1971 around issues of life in camps, diseases, violence, politics, and the return of refugees. About the media grant Each grant will carry a total amount of Rs. 40,000/- (Rupees Forty thousand only) including any research expenses. Five selected candidates will be given grants. The selected candidates will be paid on submission of their reports/articles/media analyses. Candidates are expected to have experience in reporting, writing, or editing for print and/or digital media. Reports in the form of photo-essays (original photographs) will be particularly welcome. Candidates with relevant experience and demonstrable interest in covering migrant-related stories will be preferred. The investigative or analytic pieces will be of around 4000-5000 words. The grant period will be for three months. Selected candidates will have to submit their reports/writings to the Calcutta Research Group by 31 August 2021, which will have the right to publish these reports. Selected candidates will be also encouraged to publish short reports or analysis pieces on the basis of their work in any reputable journal, magazine, newspaper, or web-portal. How to apply for the media grant? Detailed application, a statement of purpose of 500-750 words explaining the selected theme or story for investigation along with one previously published investigative or analysis piece may be sent by email by 10th April 2021 to forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in and subhashree@mcrg.ac.in . Applicants should send their resume, cover letter, statement of purpose, and example of work in one file (PDF). The text of the sample piece along with the link has to be attached with the application. Selected grant recipients will present their work in a media workshop to be held in December 2021. Applicants are requested to consult the Calcutta Research Group website www.mcrg.ac.in for information on the institution. Please click here to access more information on the previous media fellowship programme (2020). Any relevant enquiry (email ids: forcedmigrationdesk@mcrg.ac.in and subhashree@mcrg.ac.in) will be welcome. Please click here for more information. Image Courtesy: Business Standard |