Vulnerabilities of Internal Returnee Migrants in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India | Zendy

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Vulnerabilities of Internal Returnee Migrants in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic in India

Author(s) -

Arun Kumar Acharya,

Sanjib Patel

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

two homelands

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.255

H-Index - 9

eISSN - 1581-1212

pISSN - 0353-6777

DOI - 10.3986/dd.2021.2.03

Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , context (archaeology) , migrant workers , socioeconomics , demographic economics , economic growth , factory (object oriented programming) , internal migration , shock (circulatory) , geography , development economics , political science , sociology , economics , developing country , medicine , disease , archaeology , pathology , virology , outbreak , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language

The study surveyed 227 returned labor migrants in four districts of western Odisha to comprehensively analyze the socio-economic vulnerabilities faced by internal returnee labor migrants caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in India. The results show that the partial and complete lockdown caused factory and workplace closures in the entire country. Consequently, millions of migrants suffered a loss of income and faced an uncertain future which motivated migrant workers to return to their home villages. Upon arrival, they met socio-economic vulnerabilities, encountered social and economic discrimination, and were excluded by their family members and fellow villagers, which impacted their behavioral health.

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