Labour Migration

The Covid-19 pandemic surfaced extreme deprivation for migrant workers, with many kicked out of jobs without payment of their due wages. Those who crossed international borders to seek work were forced to return to home countries without…
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Discussion around labour migration has gripped the nation after lakhs of workers left cities to return to their villages for safety and familiarity in these uncertain times. Migrant workers from cities scrambled to get to their homes and…
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As states grapple with the twin crises of COVID-19 and a migration, the need to understand global and regional frameworks governing migration has increased. Tracing the beginnings of migration as a global issue to the UN International…
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The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the hitherto vulnerable migrants and refugees into extremely precarious conditions. Migrant workers are losing their source of livelihood in addition to being more exposed to the virus owing to their…
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Brain drain is the process where highly trained and qualified personnel migrate from developing to developed countries in search of new opportunities, better standard of living and quality of life. The process of brain drain began in 1960s…
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The Economic Survey 2017 estimates that the magnitude of inter-state migration in India was close to nine million annually between 2011 and 2016, while Census pegs the total number of internal migrants in the country (accounting for…
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