Labourers are citizens and humans, not resources. Policymakers need to acknowledge that they have aspirations and desires. scroll.in/article/959377… via @scroll_in
Migrant workers are individuals with rights, not resources to be deployed as the economy is rebooted
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“I want to see my wife and kids. I want to return home. Work can wait,” says 45-year-old construction worker Parshuram Thakur, from Bihar who works in Bengaluru.
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“After Modi ji’s lockdown, we’re scared of returning,” Das said over a crackling phone line. “During tough times, only family comes to help.”
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"The Indian state has historically viewed internal migration as an economic problem." blogs.lse.ac.uk/southasia/2020…
India’s seasonal migrants have been invisible (to the state and to the "middle classes") for too long. This crisis should be a wake-up call
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After Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa met leading property developers, government canceled trains that were to ferry migrant workers home.
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