Dev 360: The migrants homecoming story, watch in months ahead
4 years, 8 months ago

Dev 360: The migrants homecoming story, watch in months ahead

Deccan Chronicle  

India’s migrant workers can now go home in buses instead of having to walk hundreds of kilometres under the scorching sun while dodging police barricades and risking death. The Centre wants state governments to run special “sanitised” bus services to get migrant workers back to their home states. But several states like Uttar Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Bihar and Jharkhand already have plans to not only bring the migrant workers back but also to set up quarantine facilities. Then they have seen states arranging special buses to get back students from coaching centres like Kota while migrant workers have been left locked up.

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A retelling of the Indian migrant worker’s plight
2 years ago

A retelling of the Indian migrant worker’s plight

The Hindu  

This year, International Migrants Day must be seen in the backdrop of unprecedented volatility that began in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data on migration According to the International Organization of Migration ’s World Migration Report 2022, there were 281 million international migrants globally in 2020, with nearly two-thirds being labour migrants. In the winter session of …

Déjà vu March 2020: Migrant Workers Rush Home after Delhi Goes Under Curfew
3 years, 8 months ago

Déjà vu March 2020: Migrant Workers Rush Home after Delhi Goes Under Curfew

News 18  

It was a grim deja vu of last year’s mass exodus of migrant workers from big cities to their homes in rural India soon after Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a week-long curfew in Delhi to control the spread of coronavirus. Thousands of migrant workers gathered at Anand Vihar ISBT here to catch a bus home, even though Kejirwal …

Migrant workers vulnerable again, say activists
3 years, 8 months ago

Migrant workers vulnerable again, say activists

The Hindu  

With State governments announcing lockdowns and curfews in the wake of rising COVID-19 cases, migrant workers could once again be staring at loss of wages and lack of social protections, labour union leaders and activists said on Thursday. After the lockdown last year, many of these workers could not get back their jobs as the contractors who hired them did …

India’s migrants flee to their villages as covid-19 prompts new lockdown
3 years, 8 months ago

India’s migrants flee to their villages as covid-19 prompts new lockdown

Live Mint  

As Covid-19 roars back in India, migrant workers who had just started to resettle in the cities they left during last year’s outbreak are packing up to return to their villages again. “People are trying to get out because they’re worried the government will stop the trains again.” Lalit Singh, who works in a factory cutting tiles, got stuck in …

Migrant workers returning home from Mumbai in packed trains due to Covid-19 restrictions
3 years, 9 months ago

Migrant workers returning home from Mumbai in packed trains due to Covid-19 restrictions

India TV News  

Amid a massive spike in COVID-19 cases in Maharashtra, migrant workers have started returning to their native states fearing another complete lockdown that could be imposed by the government. News agency ANI reported that heavy rush is being seen at several Mumbai railway stations where migrants workers are making a beeling to catch trains for their hometown. A migrant worker …

Better to leave now: Migrant workers in Delhi, Mumbai head home amid fear of lockdown
3 years, 9 months ago

Better to leave now: Migrant workers in Delhi, Mumbai head home amid fear of lockdown

India Today  

As India witnesses a resurgence in Covid 19 cases, it is the migrant workers who are staring at an uncertain future with several states announcing night curfews and weekend lockdowns. In Delhi, many migrant workers were seen leaving for their home states from the Anand Vihar Bus Terminal. Besides Delhi, many migrant labourers in Mumbai were Several states including Maharashtra, …

Over 1 crore migrant labourers return to home states on foot during Mar-Jun: Govt
4 years, 3 months ago

Over 1 crore migrant labourers return to home states on foot during Mar-Jun: Govt

The Hindu  

More than one crore migrant labourers returned to their home states on foot during March-June 2020, including those who travelled during the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown, the government said on Tuesday. As per the data compiled by Ministry of Labour and Employment, more than 1.06 crore migrant workers, including those who travelled on foot during the lockdown, returned to their home …

Over 1 crore migrant labourers walked home during March to June lockdown, Centre tells Lok Sabha
4 years, 3 months ago

Over 1 crore migrant labourers walked home during March to June lockdown, Centre tells Lok Sabha

Firstpost  

The Centre said that while over 81.000 accidents with 29,000 fatalities occurred during that period, it had no data on migrant labours who may have succumbed on the roads More than one crore migrant labourers returned to their home states on foot during March-June 2020, including those who travelled during the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown, the government said on Tuesday. As …

Over 1 Crore Migrant Workers Walked to Their Home States During Lockdown till June: Govt Informs Parl
4 years, 3 months ago

Over 1 Crore Migrant Workers Walked to Their Home States During Lockdown till June: Govt Informs Parl

News 18  

More than one crore migrant labourers returned to their home states on foot during March-June 2020, including those who travelled during the COVID-19 pandemic-induced lockdown, the government said on Tuesday. As per the data compiled by Ministry of Labour and Employment, more than 1.06 crore migrant workers, including those who travelled on foot during the lockdown, returned to their home …

India's migrant workers would 'rather starve' than face humiliation of return to cities after coronavirus lockdown
4 years, 4 months ago

India's migrant workers would 'rather starve' than face humiliation of return to cities after coronavirus lockdown

ABC  

Rampukar Pandit has declared he will never return to the city where he worked as a migrant worker. Amid the flood of images showing the plight of migrant workers during India's coronavirus lockdown, a photograph of the 38-year-old breaking down in tears on the side of the road went viral. India's sudden lockdown meant migrant workers and their families were …

To highlight Indian migrant labour crisis during COVID-19, two artists walk 360 km in Europe
4 years, 5 months ago

To highlight Indian migrant labour crisis during COVID-19, two artists walk 360 km in Europe

Firstpost  

One of the principal objectives of the project was to create an awareness in Europe and beyond on the current struggles faced by migrant labourers displaced after COVID-19 lockdowns in India, who have been walking inhuman distances to get to their villages Pankaj Tiwari, a 29-year-old Amsterdam-based artist, hailing from eastern Uttar Pradesh, reads out his poetry amid windy surroundings. …

After turning their backs during lockdown, cities now want migrant workers back
4 years, 6 months ago

After turning their backs during lockdown, cities now want migrant workers back

The Hindu  

Until the novel coronavirus outbreak and the consequent lockdown imposed by the government to curb its spread, migrant workers lived hidden from the public gaze in the Garden City of India. Can’t we just go back to our own home?” On May 6, the Karnataka government decided to cancel all the Shramik special trains that it had scheduled to take …

Covid-19: Data reinforces socially disadvantaged groups most hit by loss of jobs
4 years, 7 months ago

Covid-19: Data reinforces socially disadvantaged groups most hit by loss of jobs

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: The economic crisis that has accompanied the covid-19 pandemic is unprecedented. Experts believe that the worst hit by disappearing jobs will the socially weaker sections, especially people belonging to scheduled castes and scheduled tribes. While India’s unemployment rate in 2018-19 declined to 5.8% from 6.1% in the preceding year, data from the Periodic Labour Force Survey shows that …

No end to migrant woes: After arduous journey, social stigma hits them at home
4 years, 7 months ago

No end to migrant woes: After arduous journey, social stigma hits them at home

India Today  

As West Bengal’s migrant workforce return to their homes, multiple complaints from lack of food to social stigma have emerged in the last few days. On Thursday, labourers staying at a quarantine centre at Habra in North 24 Parganas district began protesting over the lack of basic facilities as a team of health workers reached the centre for a routine …

Migrant workers: The emergence of invisible India
4 years, 7 months ago

Migrant workers: The emergence of invisible India

Hindustan Times  

We are living in challenging times brought on by the coronavirus diseases. A country of over 1.3 billion people was locked down, at four hours’ notice, ignoring the needs of the poorest and migrant workers. Workers with an identity document from another state should be allowed to access all government schemes and facilities of the central government or of the …

Coronavirus lockdown | Too many aspirants for MGNREGS jobs
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Too many aspirants for MGNREGS jobs

The Hindu  

As the COVID-19 induced reverse migration has brought many families to their native places in the northern districts of Karnataka, the onus is now on creating more person days under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act scheme. We have clocked 90,000 person days per day till May 26,” said zilla panchayat chief executive officer K.V. Navalgund Taluk Panchayat executive …

The Idea of India: Crimes Against Migrants
4 years, 7 months ago

The Idea of India: Crimes Against Migrants

Huff Post  

SANJAY KANOJIA via Getty Images Migrants labourers walk on a road as they wait for transportation to go back to their hometowns in Allahabad on May 24, 2020. “While the pandemic has left a trail of devastation all over the world, nowhere have people been subjected to the untold misery and humiliation borne by India’s migrant workers.” When an opportunity …

Documenting the story of India’s migrant distress | Analysis
4 years, 7 months ago

Documenting the story of India’s migrant distress | Analysis

Hindustan Times  

Ever since the lockdown began, stories of migrant workers have haunted the country. Many workers escaped the serfdom of villages and flocked to cities only to be forced to restart work in villages now Earlier in the lockdown, one of us noticed two children who lived on the construction site next door. Why did the migrant workers make the punishing …

Agrarian distress, shoddy enforcement of MNREGA in Marathwada and Vidarbha leave migrant workers in Maharashtra little choice but to return to cities
4 years, 7 months ago

Agrarian distress, shoddy enforcement of MNREGA in Marathwada and Vidarbha leave migrant workers in Maharashtra little choice but to return to cities

Firstpost  

With farming increasingly proving to be unprofitable due to various reasons in Maharashtra, migrant workers returning to villages will have to return to urban centres for livelihood as soon as lockdown eases. But I would have to go back once everything gets back to normal.” Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nationwide lockdown on 24 March, migrant workers have …

India: Under Lockdown
4 years, 7 months ago

India: Under Lockdown

Al Jazeera  

With COVID-19 infections rising and millions of poor Indians in lockdown, a humanitarian crisis may be unfolding. In India, 1.3 billion people were confined to their homes with just four hours’ notice as the country embarked on the world’s biggest lockdown. Tens of millions of migrant workers suddenly found themselves jobless, quickly running out of money and food, and unable …

In Tamil Nadu, NGOs and volunteers pave way for migrant workers as govt machinery struggles to cope with COVID-19 crisis
4 years, 7 months ago

In Tamil Nadu, NGOs and volunteers pave way for migrant workers as govt machinery struggles to cope with COVID-19 crisis

Firstpost  

From arranging dry ration, medicines, soaps and water to helping migrant workers with online railway booking, volunteers in Tamil Nadu have provided unrelenting support since day one While Tamil Nadu has been struggling to cope up with the mounting coronavirus cases, a parallel humanitarian crisis has been emerging on the street due to the COVID-19-induced lockdown. As for the shelters …

The migrant worker crisis needs a multipronged response
4 years, 7 months ago

The migrant worker crisis needs a multipronged response

Hindustan Times  

The images of migrant labourers’ trudging home, some on top of trucks or walking barefoot, with women and children in tow, have shaken the nation’s conscience. Many were unable to access information on the relief, benefit and transport provided by governments, further complicating the crisis In India, migrant labour are woven into the waft and weft of the economic fabric. …

Support and empower India’s migrant workers
4 years, 7 months ago

Support and empower India’s migrant workers

Hindustan Times  

Heartbreaking images of the gruelling trek back home of distressed migrant labourers and the tragic loss of lives in road accidents have shaken India’s conscience. Migrant workers cover their children with saris to protect them from heat as they wait to get on a bus to reach a railway station to board a train to their home state of Bihar, …

Pandemic affected as many as 93 million urban workers: GoM report
4 years, 7 months ago

Pandemic affected as many as 93 million urban workers: GoM report

Hindustan Times  

As many as 93 million urban informal workers, across five sectors -- manufacturing, construction, trade, tourism and hospitality -- have been affected by the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown imposed to slow its spread, according to an informal Group of Ministers headed by social justice minister Thawarchand Gehlot. Among the suggestions, which were submitted in a report to the …

Coronavirus | Govt. insensitive to sufferings of migrant workers: Opposition
4 years, 7 months ago

Coronavirus | Govt. insensitive to sufferings of migrant workers: Opposition

The Hindu  

The Opposition parties on Thursday panned the announcements made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for migrant workers calling out the government for being insensitive towards the sufferings of those who are trudging back hundreds of kilometres to return to their homes. Citing Ms. Sitharaman’s announcement that migrant workers will be provided with jobs under the Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment …

Urban India didn't care about migrant workers till 26 March, only cares now because it's lost their services: P Sainath
4 years, 7 months ago

Urban India didn't care about migrant workers till 26 March, only cares now because it's lost their services: P Sainath

Firstpost  

P Sainath, founder of People’s Archive of Rural India and Ramon Magsaysay Award recipient, has chronicled the migrant condition for several decades. MG Devasahayam, one of our legendary civil servants, had said, “A small infantry brigade being pushed into a major action is given more than four hours notice.” Whether or not we agree with the migrant workers, the rationale …

India’s migrant workers deserve better than this, writes Mark Tully
4 years, 8 months ago

India’s migrant workers deserve better than this, writes Mark Tully

Hindustan Times  

Last Sunday, a friend of mine was in a group which was driven on official business from Delhi to Lucknow. Migrant workers, dismissed by employers, enjoying no protection from their governments, often thrown out of their accommodation by their landlords, in urgent need of food transport and money, have been driven by desperation to walk home. Migrant workers, dismissed by …

As migrants return, states guard against Covid surge
4 years, 8 months ago

As migrants return, states guard against Covid surge

Hindustan Times  

States receiving migrant labourers from across India are gearing up for a massive challenge: a spurt in Covid-19 cases. Odisha, which will test all workers for Covid-19 after a mandatory 14-day quarantine period, has instructed all community centres to remain open around the clock, and has decided to create 4,200 new isolation beds. “Special attention is being paid to workers …

Opinion | Allowing migrant workers to return home is a step in the right direction
4 years, 8 months ago

Opinion | Allowing migrant workers to return home is a step in the right direction

India TV News  

After more than a month of nationwide lockdown, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday issued an order allowing inter-state movement by road of migrant labourers, students, pilgrims and tourists after following strict health protocols. This is good news for lakhs of migrant workers stranded in many states who want to return to their homes. One, the need to stop …

Safe return: The Hindu Editorial on migrant worker distress
4 years, 8 months ago

Safe return: The Hindu Editorial on migrant worker distress

The Hindu  

A month after one of the most stringent global lockdowns was imposed in India to tackle the pandemic, the travails of the migrant worker have shown no signs of ending. The government told the Supreme Court in late March that arrangements had been made to provide temporary shelters with food for migrant workers and as of then, none of them …

Coronavirus lockdown | Stranded in various States, Odisha migrants call home for help
4 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown | Stranded in various States, Odisha migrants call home for help

The Hindu  

Packed into a 150 sq. Back in Talapada village in Odisha’s Balasore district, his worried wife Saraswati has borrowed money twice from close relatives and transferred it to her husband’s account for his survival. In remote Murgani village in Odisha’s Balangir district, Swarnalata Luhar’s phone keeps ringing at regular intervals. The extension of the lockdown to May 3 has left …

Hungry, desperate: India virus controls trap its migrant workers
4 years, 9 months ago

Hungry, desperate: India virus controls trap its migrant workers

Al Jazeera  

Internal migrants form crucial part of India’s economy, but many say they have been forgotten in the coronavirus crisis. “Just like in the cities, all work has stopped and people already can’t afford to buy groceries, so there is a high risk of rural impoverishment increasing without these remittances,” Jayaram said. “I fear that in order to prevent a catastrophe, …

Locking down two different Indias
4 years, 9 months ago

Locking down two different Indias

The Hindu  

What could possibly have been the reason for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give only a four-hour notice for the lockdown? What’s worse are the consequent orders taking action against officers who responded to the human tragedy by organising transport, or the callous Haryana government order setting up “jails” for the migrants on the road. As many have demanded, over …

Former India footballer Bhutia offers shelter to migrant workers
4 years, 9 months ago

Former India footballer Bhutia offers shelter to migrant workers

The Hindu  

Indian football icon Bhaichung Bhutia on Monday offered shelter to migrant workers of Sikkim to tackle the ongoing crisis arising out of the 21-day nationwide lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Migrant workers of unorganised sectors, desperate to return home, have been badly hit after the lockdown was imposed from midnight on Tuesday. Read: Chhetri: ‘Stand together and …

Bhutia offers shelter to Sikkimese migrant workers in Gangtok
4 years, 9 months ago

Bhutia offers shelter to Sikkimese migrant workers in Gangtok

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: Indian football icon Bhaichung Bhutia on Monday offered shelter to migrant workers of Sikkim to tackle the ongoing crisis arising out of the 21-day nationwide lockdown in the wake of the Covid19 pandemic. Migrant workers of unorganised sectors, desperate to return home, have been badly hit after the lockdown was imposed from midnight on Tuesday. "The people who are …

1 lac migrants to be quarantined for 2 weeks, directs CM Yogi Adityanath
4 years, 9 months ago

1 lac migrants to be quarantined for 2 weeks, directs CM Yogi Adityanath

Op India  

On Saturday, the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issued directions to officials to keep roughly 1,00,000 people who had arrived in the state in the past three days under quarantine for 14 days. Yogi Adityanath said, “No one in the state should remain hungry during the lockdown.” He also ordered the officials to keep the supply chain of essential …

Coronavirus lockdown: India grapples with migrant workers’ exodus
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus lockdown: India grapples with migrant workers’ exodus

Al Jazeera  

Thousands flee New Delhi as the 21-day lockdown effectively puts workers living off daily earnings out of work. A nationwide lockdown in India – the world’s largest – over the coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on thousands of migrant workers in the capital, New Delhi. The workers started fleeing New Delhi after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the lockdown, which …

India coronavirus: Migrant workers face tough choice amid world’s largest lockdown
4 years, 9 months ago

India coronavirus: Migrant workers face tough choice amid world’s largest lockdown

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — Thousands of migrant workers are attempting to leaveIndia’s major cities after a government lockdown designed to prevent a local epidemic of novel coronavirus left them without jobs or pay. According to government statistics, every year more than nine million migrant workers move from India’s rural areas to large population centers to find work at construction sites …

Hit by lockdown, stranded on roads: Migrant labourers walk for days to reach home
4 years, 9 months ago

Hit by lockdown, stranded on roads: Migrant labourers walk for days to reach home

India Today  

On Tuesday night, a group of 50 migrant labourers in Ahmedabad embarked upon a 150-km journey to their native village in Rajasthan's Dungarpur district. Follow LIVE updates on coronavirus pandemic "Since buses and other modes of transport are not available, we have decided to walk to reach home," he was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. Speaking about the …

India’s coronavirus lockdown takes toll on migrant workers
4 years, 9 months ago

India’s coronavirus lockdown takes toll on migrant workers

Al Jazeera  

As India goes into lockdown, migrant workers without protections are desperately trying to return home. On Saturday, the 50th day since India’s first coronavirus case was confirmed, Parma Bhandari called his family in Nepal to reassure them that he would be coming home. Precarious lives of migrant workers As the country moves towards a near-total lockdown, millions are trying to …

COVID-19 | Among the migrants workers in Kerala, the dilemma is to leave or not to leave
4 years, 9 months ago

COVID-19 | Among the migrants workers in Kerala, the dilemma is to leave or not to leave

The Hindu  

Quite a few of his friends have gone back home in this past few days, with the COVID-19 scare in the air, but Madhab from Karbi Anglong in Assam has decided to stay back for now. Workers from the Northeast have received an old video clip shot elsewhere of police personnel publicly announcing to migrant workers to return to their …

Coronavirus | In Kerala, migrants at crossroads over COVID-19 fears
4 years, 9 months ago

Coronavirus | In Kerala, migrants at crossroads over COVID-19 fears

The Hindu  

Supriya Debnath is busy these days posting messages in multiple WhatsApp groups. Mathews Nambelil, district programme manager, National Health Mission, says measures are being taken to instil confidence among migrant workers who opt to stay back in the State. Mr. Peter says footloose migrant workers, especially the Tamil community with higher average age compared to the rest, are potential carriers …

Fears mount in rural Odisha as migrant workers return home
4 years, 9 months ago

Fears mount in rural Odisha as migrant workers return home

The Hindu  

Remote villages in migration prone Kendrapara and many western Odisha districts are in the grip of mounting anxiety as migrant labourers begin to return home from States affected by the COVID-19 virus outbreak. “As activities came to a halt in different cities due to coronavirus scare, jobless plumbers have started returning to their homes,” said Ardendu Rout, a resident of …

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