A boat carrying 200 people sank a few hours after leaving a Senegal fishing town, marking the deadliest shipwreck recorded this year by the UN migration agency.
There are millions of migrant workers in the Arab world that demand the world's attention.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an extended lockdown until May 3, but said there may be some easing of restrictions on people's movement after one week to help daily wage earners and agricultural workers.
The impact could be severe in low-income countries, which have more workers in the informal sector and significant foreign debt.
Humour helps us deal with anxiety and the current pandemic is a testament to that notion.
After 76 days of lockdown, China opens raid and road routes out of Wuhan where the highly contagious and deadly coronavirus that had emerged there late last year and spread across the world.
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