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Pari Saikia’s Journalist Portfolio

They Survived Dehumanising Deportations by the US. Then Came the Mental Health Crisis.

They Survived Dehumanising Deportations by the US. Then Came the Mental Health Crisis.

In early 2025, the US declared war on "illegal aliens" and staged humiliating extraditions of hundreds of Ind…

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Irregular Migration to the United States: From Aberrations to Deportations

Irregular Migration to the United States: From Aberrations to Deportations

In 2023, an estimated 97,000 Indians arrived illegally in the U.S., taking complicated routes, traversing mul…

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‘I pray for a miracle’: the African women held for years in India’s detention centres

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By Pari Saikia Verified
| AOL UK Verified
Nine months without the antiretroviral drugs that keep her alive has caused Mary’s* health to decline. For 29 years, the Kenyan mother of four had managed her HIV. Now she is being held indefinitely in an immigrant detention centre in India, it is becoming a death sentence. Her legs are swollen and distended, her blood pressure has soared, and she has collapsed from weakness. “If I don’t get my tablets, I may become bedridden.
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‘Beaten with Wooden Stick’: African Women Allege Extortion, Assault by Official in Delhi Detention Centre

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By Pari Saikia Verified
| The Wire (India) Verified
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“I Don’t Want to Die in India”: The Hidden Corridor of East African Sex Trafficking

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By Pari Saikia Verified
| moretoherstory.com
More to Her Story contacted the Uganda High Commission in New Delhi for comment on Jasmine’s case but received no answer. Since 2023, More to Her Story documented more than 30 cases of women trafficked from Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania to India for commercial sexual exploitation. ​​Nirmala B. Walter, founder of the anti-trafficking organization Manobal, told More to Her Story that since 2022, at least 100 African women had contacted her organization for help.
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Lorenzo Natali Media Prize

2021 - Grand Prize for Investigative Journalism
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One World Media

2021 - Refugee Reporting Award
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Fetisov Journalism Awards

2021 - Outstanding Investigative Reporting
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