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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | ‘Systemic exclusion to blame for migrants’ plight’ -Ritwika Mitra

‘Systemic exclusion to blame for migrants’ plight’ -Ritwika Mitra

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published Published on May 1, 2020   modified Modified on May 3, 2020

-The New Indian Express

A majority of migrant workers in Surat and Ahmedabad in Gujarat lack access to urban documentation, showed a report by Aajeevika Bureau, an NGO working with migrant communities.

NEW DELHI: A majority of migrant workers in the two major migrant destinations Surat and Ahmedabad in the state of Gujarat lack access to urban documentation, showed a report by Aajeevika Bureau, an NGO working with migrant communities.

While Ahmedabad has an estimated 1.3 million migrant workers, Surat has the highest ratio of migrants to locals in the country, forming 58 per cent of its total population and 70 per cent of its waged workforce, said the report ‘Unlocking the Urban: Reimagining Migrant Lives in cities post COVID-19'.

Amid the COVID-19 lockdown, Surat had seen protests from migrant workers who had demanded that arrangments are made for them to return to their home states.

The COVID-19 pandemic was not the sole reason responsible for the ongoing humanitarian crisis for migrant workers but aggravated the already existing crisis, the report pointed out. The pandemic exposed the underlying systemic exclusion of migrant workers from India’s urban and labour policies which restricted them from accessing the basic urban provisions of food, water, housing, sanitation and heathcare facilities, it said.  

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The New Indian Express, 1 May, 2020, https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/may/01/systemic-exclusion-to-blame-for-migrants-plight-2137731.html


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