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Free Malaysia Today
7 days ago
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Greece air-drops food aid over Gaza
Humanitarian aid is airdropped to Palestinians over the Central Gaza Strip as seen from Khan Younis. (AP pic) ATHENS : Greece on Saturday joined EU countries in dropping food aid over Gaza, prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said. 'This morning, two aircraft of the Hellenic Air Force dropped 8.5 tonnes of essential food supplies in areas of Gaza,' Mitsotakis said on Facebook. 'The operation was organised in collaboration with countries from the EU and the Middle East, aiming to support the basic needs of people in the afflicted region.' 'Greece will continue to undertake initiatives for the immediate cessation of hostilities, the release of hostages, and the unhindered flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza. It is the duty of all of us to put an end to human suffering immediately,' he said. Western countries including Britain, France, and Spain have recently partnered with Middle Eastern nations to deliver humanitarian supplies by air to the Palestinian enclave. But the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees Philippe Lazzarini has warned that airdrops alone would not avert the worsening hunger. The UN estimates that Gaza needs at least 600 trucks of aid per day to meet residents' basic needs. Concern has escalated about the situation in the Gaza Strip after more than 21 months of war, which started after the Palestinian militant group Hamas carried out a deadly attack against Israel in October 2023. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces mounting pressure to secure a ceasefire to bring the territory's more than two million people back from the brink of famine and free the hostages held by Palestinian militants. But early Friday, the Israeli security cabinet approved plans to launch major operations to seize Gaza City, triggering a wave of outrage across the globe.
Hindustan Times
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Odisha begins process of identifying undocumented Bangladesh nationals
Bhubaneswar, Odisha Law minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Monday said the government has already started the process of identifying Bangladeshis staying illegally in different districts of the state. The government has issued direction to all district collectors, coastal security agencies and formed a Special Task Force to coordinate the process of identifying the undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants in the state. "We have already started the process of identifying illegal migrants staying in both urban and rural areas. No foreign national residing without valid legal status will be allowed to stay in Odisha. Different engineering departments of the state government have been asked not to engage any Bangladeshi or foreign national without valid documents. The government has taken a strong stance in this regard," Harichandan told reporters here. In April, Odisha's Panchayati Raj minister Rabi Narayan Naik and Food Supplies minister KC Patra had said that the state would identify all foreign nationals staying in the state illegally. Naik had said that illegal settlers are being identified from gram panchayat level, Patra said that the government has decided to deny ration cards availed by such persons in a fraudulent manner. Meanwhile, the Commissionerate of Police, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack on Sunday held a meeting of officers-in-charge of all police stations and discussed the issue of illegal Bangladeshi migrants staying in the twin cities. Bhubaneswar DCP Jagmohan Meena instructed all police stations to gather detailed data on undocumented foreigners, particularly Bangladeshi nationals, and take appropriate legal action. He also asked the police to investigate how these people entered Bhubaneswar, their activities, and whether they possess valid documents. Police sources said that the Special Task Force of Crime Branch in this regard had arrested 10 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, including six men, three women and a juvenile from Bhubaneswar railway station here in March. The STF has located a large number of such illegal settlers in the districts of Khurda, Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Balasore, Bhadrak, Ganjam and Puri. The illegal settlers are engaged in construction work, scrap collection, and street vending. In March this year, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, while replying to a question in the Assembly, said that the police have registered criminal cases against 41 Bangladeshis in the state during the last 10 years. He said a total of 3,738 Bangladeshi infiltrators were identified in the state earlier. The highest number of 1,649 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants was found in Kendrapara, followed by 1,112 in Jagatsinghpur, 655 in Malkangiri, 199 in Bhadrak, 106 in Nabarangpur and 17 in Bhubaneswar.
