Open AccessVulnerabilities 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 -
dve domovini
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) - pandemic , covid-19 , context (archaeology) , migrant workers , economic growth , socioeconomics , demographic economics , factory (object oriented programming) , development economics , geography , political science , sociology , economics , medicine , virology , disease , archaeology , pathology , 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.