Majumder, Sourya (2020) Why a comprehensive legal framework to protect migrants’ rights is urgently needed.
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By 9 April, India had witnessed 192 deaths due to reasons related to the COVID-19—not necessarily from the virus directly—according to media reports compiled on the website of Thejesh GN, a public-interest technologist. A significant number among these casualties were migrants who died while trying to get home in the week after the centre announced a countrywide lockdown to combat COVID-19. The announcement— which just gave a notice of four hours—had predictably left migrant workers, who were surviving on hand-to-mouth jobs, without food, transportation, medicines or even a roof over their heads. While these consequence could be foreseen at the time of the announcement, the government’s response to the crisis seemed like an afterthought.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Legal Framework, Migrants, Labour Rights, Covid, Labour Deaths, Governance, Decent Work |
| Subjects: | Decent Work |
| Depositing User: | Chitti Babu ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 13 Dec 2021 06:59 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Dec 2021 06:59 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/5879 |
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