అమెరికా జైల్లో తెలుగు విద్యార్థుల దైన్యం

అమెరికాలో నకిలీ యూనివర్సిటీలో ప్రవేశం పేరిట మోసపోయి, అరెస్టయిన తెలుగు విద్యార్థులు అష్టకష్టాలు పడుతున్నారు. జైల్లో వారికి కనీసం సరైన తిండైనా లేక నరకం అనుభవిస్తున్నారు.

భారత విద్యార్థుల అరెస్టులపై న్యాయవాదుల ఆందోళన

Published : Mar 9, 2019, 4:57 PM IST

అమెరికాలోని డెట్రాయిట్లో నకిలీ విద్యాసంస్థను నెలకొల్పి ఇమ్మిగ్రేషన్ కుంభకోణం గుట్టును జనవరిలో బయటపెట్టారు అమెరికా అధికారులు. బోగస్ విద్యాసంస్థల్లో విదేశీ విద్యార్థులకు వీసాలు ఇప్పించి సొమ్ము చేసుకుంటున్న వైనాన్ని వెలుగులోకి తెచ్చారు.

ఈ విద్యాసంస్థలో ప్రవేశం కోసం 600 దరఖాస్తులు వచ్చాయి. వీటిలో ఎక్కువగా తెలుగు రాష్ట్రాల విద్యార్థులవే ఉన్నాయి. సివిల్ ఇమ్మిగ్రేషన్ ఉల్లంఘనలకు పాల్పడినందుకు 160 మంది విదేశీ విద్యార్థులను అరెస్టు చేశారు. 34 కేంద్రాల్లో వీరికి నిర్బంధించారు.

అరెస్టయిన భారత విద్యార్ధుల వివరాలు తెలుసుకునేందుకు అమెరికన్ తెలుగు అసోసియేషన్ ప్రయత్నాలు చేస్తోంది. విద్యార్థులు జైల్లో ఎదుర్కొంటున్న సమస్యలపై అసోసియేషన్ అధ్యక్షుడు పరమేశ్ భీమ్రెడ్డి ఆవేదన వ్యక్తం చేశారు. అందరినీ గుర్తించలేకపోతున్నామని తెలిపారు.

'అరెస్టయిన వారిలో ఎక్కువ మంది విద్యార్థులు పేదకుటుంబాల నుంచి వచ్చిన వారే. వారు ఏ నేరం చేయలేదు. వారిని ఎవరో తప్పుదోవ పట్టించారు. జైల్లో సరైన తిండి లేక చాలా మంది విద్యార్థుల ఆరోగ్యం క్షీణించింది' అని భీమ్రెడ్డి అన్నారు.

అరెస్టయిన విద్యార్థులందరినీ ప్రస్తుతానికి దేశం విడిచి వెళ్లేలా చేస్తున్నామని అమెరికా అధికారులు తెలిపారు. వారికి మళ్లీ అవకాశం కల్పిస్తామన్నారు.

CAMBODIA MARINE
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Koh S'dach, Cambodia, February 9th, 2019
1. Wide underwater of coral reef and fish
2. Mid pan from underwater of coral reef to scuba diver
3. Mid underwater of coral reef and scuba diver
4. Wide underwater pan of fishing net covering coral reef with trapped fish
5. Wide aerial tracking shot from ocean to fishing village
6. Mid aerial of village
7. Wide tracking shot of fishing boats
8. Wide of men on boat
9. Wide of man and dog sitting on bow of boat
10. SOUNDBITE: (English), Roger Bruget, dive instructor, owner, Kuda Divers
"Occasionally you will have big soups of actually trash and plastic floating in the ocean. This is obviously very bad for the environment. Other things we will see quite often is discarded fishing nets sitting on the reef and smothering the reef. So actually the plastic itself will move away into the Gulf. Some will end up on the beaches but most of it will actually float away and go into the bigger gyros in the ocean."
11. Wide tracking shot of passing coastline and ocean
12. Wide of divers on boat putting on gear
13. Mid of boat driver
14. Wide of dog on bow of boat
15. Close up of handheld GPS device
16. Mid of two divers chatting.
17. SOUNDBITE: (English), Rob Hughes, Marine Scientist, Field Coordinator
"So the reef check surveys that we're doing have established a baseline of information for what is here at this time. And our on-going studies we hope to find empirical information and evidence to say that the fishery is healthy, or if it's improving, or if it's decreasing. So that is what our long term goals are here with the surveys, is to establish the facts about the situation."
18. Mid pan of diver dropping backwards into water from boat.
19. Mid of two divers dropping backwards into water
20. Wide of divers and dog floating in the ocean
21. Mid of diver below the surface of the water
22. Mid underwater of divers writing on clipboard and examining Neptune Cup sponge
23. Close up of Neptune Cup sponge sample being cut and bagged
24. Mid of diver examining ocean floor inside a plastic square
25. Wide of resurfaced divers
26. Mid of diver climbing into boat
27. Close of survey clip board
28. Close tilt down of fishing net
29. Mid of man standing on bow of boat
30. SOUNDBITE: (English), Remy Ouellet, Marine Scientist
"So we do see areas with a lot of coral cover and everything is very alive down there, but we do see fewer and what seems like fewer and fewer large fish and things like turtles and marine mammals."
31. Wide of divers sitting at bow of boat
32. Wide reverse aerial of fishing village
LEAD IN:
The marine environment off southern Cambodia is threatened by overfishing and pollution.
In an effort to assess the extent of the problems, a team of international marine scientists is surveying coral reefs in the area.
STORYLINE:
Divers on the coral reefs off Cambodia's south coast might have the impression that the ocean is thriving, but appearances can be deceptive.
Dragging fishing nets through coral reefs risks getting them snagged so fishermen stay away.
That's good news for fish which breed, shelter and feed among coral reefs.
But while fish remain plentiful on the reefs, locals say numbers in adjacent areas are down in recent years.
Over-fishing and pollution are largely blamed for the fall off.
On Koh S'dach, or King Island, for example, there are around 600 families - more than 3000 people - who rely almost exclusively on fishing.
The region is also heavily fished by large boats from neighbouring Thailand and Vietnam, many of them illegal.
Local fishermen say that fish are becoming harder to find and that they have to go further out to catch them, wasting valuable time and fuel.
In an effort to assess the health of the ocean a team of international marine scientists is surveying the coral reefs in the area.
Their dive is being supervised by Roger Bruget, who's himself a dive instructor and the owner of Kuda Divers.
"Occasionally you will have big soups of actually trash and plastic floating in the ocean. This is obviously very bad for the environment. Other things we will see quite often is discarded fishing nets sitting on the reef and smothering the reef. So actually the plastic itself will move away into the Gulf . Some will end up on the beaches but most of it will actually float away and go into the bigger gyros in the ocean."
The scientists here are from the UK, US, France and Australia.
Their research is funded in part by an NGO called Flora and Fauna International.
They're here to investigate whether there are justified concerns that the removal of fish from the food chain can allow the spread of algae which can smother coral.
The algae also bring bacteria which can kill coral larvae as they are swimming to find a place on the reef to attach themselves.
Plastic pollution is another big problem because it attaches itself to the reefs and spreads harmful bacteria.
In January 2018 Cornell University scientists published a study in the journal Science, which said a third of the corals they'd observed had disease and plastic lodged on them, but they weren't looking for microplastics which could have also been present.
GPS is used to pinpoint where the previous leg of their survey left off.
One of the team, marine scientist Rob Hughes says: "So the reef check surveys that we're doing have established a baseline of information for what is here at this time. And our on-going studies we hope to find empirical information and evidence to say that the fishery is healthy, or if it's improving, or if it's decreasing. So that is what our long term goals are here with the surveys, is to establish the facts about the situation."
The divers carry out Coral Reef Ecosystem Habitat Assessments which involve mapping the ocean floor using a plastic frame and a measuring tape.
Species of plants or animals found are noted and samples are taken for analysis.
The data will be compared to an earlier 2013 study to assess the current health of the ocean.
The surveys are generating baseline data which will be used for the eventual establishment of a Marine Fisheries Management Area covering the Koh S'dach archipelago, only the third marine protected area in Cambodia.
Although it's too early to be certain before the data is analysed, French marine scientist Remy Ouellet says that anecdotal evidence suggests the reefs are still quite healthy, but  numbers of larger marine species in particular are down.
Ouellet explains "So we do see areas with a lot of coral cover and everything is very alive down there, but we do see fewer and what seems like fewer and fewer large fish and things like turtles and marine mammals."
Flora and Fauna International says the results of the survey will be published in about six months.
Last year, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (ICUN) the Cambodian government announced the establishment of a Marine Fisheries Management Area to protect the region.
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