Ramaswami

This Blog is about the democratic movements in India. Its only aim and objective is to fight against the anti-people policies of the ruling class.

Friday, April 24, 2020

Washington: The nationwide lockdown in India, which started about a month ago, has impacted nearly 40 million internal migrants, the World Bank has said. “The lockdown in India has impacted the livelihoods of a large proportion of the country's nearly 40 million internal migrants. Around 50,000–60,000 moved from urban centres to rural areas of origin in the span of a few days,” the bank said in a report released on Wednesday. According to the report -- 'COVID-19 Crisis Through a Migration Lens' -- the magnitude of internal migration is about two-and-a-half times that of international migration. “Lockdowns, loss of employment, and social distancing prompted a chaotic and painful process of mass return for internal migrants in India and many countries in Latin America,” it said.

COVID-19 Containment Steps May Have Contributed to Spreading the Epidemic: World Bank | NewsClick




Ramaswami at 9:56 PM
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