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Minimum Floor of Dignity for Migrant Workers -Amitabh Behar

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The devastation and suffering due to the Covid pandemic is unparalleled and continues to unfold in its multiple dimensions. Amidst this colossal misery in India, the most excruciatingly vivid and heart-wrenching has been the migrant crisis triggered as a consequence of a sudden lockdown. As a nation, we witnessed the unfolding of the harrowing tragedy of migrant workers, where millions of them, particularly in our metro cities, were rendered jobless, with no wages, no food and no shelter. Considerations of social security or access to health were unimaginable. As a consequence, we saw lakhs of migrant workers undertake the painful journey of going back to their homes villages on foot while facing extreme heat, hunger, exhaustion and a repressive police force adamant on viewing these suffering millions as a law and order problem violating lockdown and not people in deep distress. Many died on the roads and most had to go through mind-boggling pain and misery.

Every year, December 18, as designated by the United Nations, is celebrated as the 'International Migrants Day' to highlight the contributions made by 272 million migrants across the globe, including 41 million internally displaced migrants.

Today, we must take a deep pause, to reflect on the post-Covid migrant crisis. As the Secretary General of UN, Antonio Guterres, said, "All migrants are entitled to equal protection of all their human rights"; in India, we must make a commitment to ensure that all migrants will have a life with dignity and all their rights as equal citizens of this country will be protected and promoted.

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