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Mobilizing ‘footloose’ labourers to secure their rights
Migrant workers continue to be prone to exploitation and discrimination, but unionizing a transient workforce pose unique challenges...
Vidhya CK
Mar 286 min read


Migrants serve up Eid sweets in Kashmir
Seasonal workers who seek jobs at bakeries in the region, especially during Ramzan and Eid, are now staying back in the Valley for longer...
Tauseef Ahmad and Sajid Raina
Mar 287 min read

Labour: Indian media’s blind spot
The main reason mainstream media in India covered the “great exodus” from our cities during the COVID-19 lockdown is because it was a...
Kalpana Sharma
Mar 277 min read


Only way home: trains remain the migrants' lifeline
For Mumbai’s migrant workers, train journeys home are a reminder of past hardships — and the fear of their return Hepzi Anthony Prashant...
Hepzi Anthony
Mar 279 min read


Bihar govt launches app to register migrant workers
The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that compiles migration news from across various publications. In the seventh edition, we...
Mansi Bhaktwani
Mar 265 min read


‘I want to study’: the pandemic shadow on schooling lifts for some children
A bunch of initiatives in Assam try to bring back migrant workers’ children to school, but the impact of the COVID-led break in their...
Maitreyee Boruah
Mar 2610 min read


Anatomy of a disaster: What the 2023 Sikkim glacial flood tells us about climate risk in the Himalayas
Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar Plans to rebuild the Teesta III dam destroyed by a glacial lake flood are being opposed by environmentalists and...
Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar
Mar 247 min read


'Underlying causes of migrant exodus remain unchanged'
Five years after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to control the spread of Covid-19, which led to one of the largest exodus by migrant...
Anuja
Mar 241 min read


A grieving father's resolve to protect Gulf job aspirants
The recent execution of Shahzadi Khan, an Indian migrant worker in the UAE, has exposed the lack of legal aid and consular support in...
Zoya Hussain
Mar 218 min read


How water distress created jobs, and a migration corridor
The Maharashtra government has been offering subsidies to farmers to dig wells to help them tackle extreme water scarcity, which has led...
Roli Srivastava, Varsha Torgalkar
Mar 211 min read


Mind your language: making a case for undocumented migrants
The terminology used to describe the recent repatriation of undocumented Indian migrants from the U.S. gives an insight into how the...
Namrata Raju
Mar 139 min read


Pollution curbs hit work prospects of daily wagers in Delhi-NCR
Restrictions to control air pollution turn winter into a season of discontent for migrant workers in the construction sector Manthati Sai...
Manthati Sai Kiran
Mar 107 min read


The cost of a mistaken identity
Key to Bengaluru’s waste management system, many migrant workers from West Bengal live under constant fear of being labelled as illegal...
Amoolya Rajappa
Mar 711 min read


'We saw MGNREGA's full potential during the lockdown'
India's rural jobs guarantee scheme created jobs for thousands of men and women who left cities during the lockdown, and continues to...
Roli Srivastava
Mar 71 min read


Migrant workers & the data gap: the climate question
In 2020, an estimated 14 million people in the country were forced to migrate as a consequence of extreme weather events. But climate...
Nidhi jamwal and Naveen kumar manoharan
Mar 41 min read


The Merchants of Kumbh
The recently concluded Kumbh mela drew not just pilgrims but toy sellers, chaat makers and sanitation workers from across Uttar Pradesh...
Anuj Behal
Mar 49 min read

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