Migrant workers continue to be prone to exploitation and discrimination, but unionizing a transient workforce pose unique challenges...

Seasonal workers who seek jobs at bakeries in the region, especially during Ramzan and Eid, are now staying back in the Valley for longer Tauseef Ahmad Sajid Raina Amir Teli, a migrant labourer from Uttar Pradesh, sells Eid sweets like katlam  and feni  outside a shop in Bandipora town. Arshdeep Singh/The Migration Story. BARAMULLA, Jammu and Kashmir : Mohammad Salim, a 32-year-old seasonal migrant from Bihar, arrived in Kashmir in 2017 seeking better wages. He found a job as

The main reason mainstream media in India covered the “great exodus” from our cities during the COVID-19 lockdown is because it was a...

For Mumbai’s migrant workers, train journeys home are a reminder of past hardships — and the fear of their return Hepzi Anthony Prashant...

The Migration Bulletin is a monthly round-up that compiles migration news from across various publications. In the seventh edition, we...

A bunch of initiatives in Assam try to bring back migrant workers’ children to school, but the impact of the COVID-led break in their...

Plans to rebuild the Teesta III dam destroyed by a glacial lake flood are being opposed by environmentalists and local communities....

Five years after a nationwide lockdown was imposed to control the spread of Covid-19, which led to one of the largest exodus by migrant workers in India, the fear of living in cities remains Anuja

The recent execution of Shahzadi Khan, an Indian migrant worker in the UAE, has exposed the lack of legal aid and consular support in serious cases Zoya Hussain Shahzadi Khan's visa Pic credit: Special Arrangement  GHAZIABAD / BANDA, Uttar Pradesh: It’s been only a month since Shabbir Khan received the news of the execution of his youngest daughter, Shahzadi, on charges of killing the four-month-old infant she was nanny to in the United Arab Emirates. But the farmer from  Mat

The Maharashtra government has been offering subsidies to farmers to dig wells to help them tackle extreme water scarcity, which has led to the creation of jobs for well diggers from another drought-hit state -- Rajasthan Roli Srivastava Varsha Torgalkar Video producer: Deekshith R Pai Illustrations: Abhiruchi Das

The terminology used to describe the recent repatriation of undocumented Indian migrants from the U.S. gives an insight into how the choice of words can be used to frame a group of people with grace and basic human dignity, or call into question their very existence as human beings. Namrata Raju Pic Credit: United States Government via Wikimedia Commons Last month, the unceremonious repatriation of 104 undocumented Indian migrants  via a U.S. military aircraft drove a frisson

Restrictions to control air pollution turn winter into a season of discontent for migrant workers in the construction sector Manthati Sai Kiran Daily wage workers sitting along a roadside barrier waiting for work opportunities at the Khora labour chowk in Noida. Manthati Sai Kiran/The Migration Story Noida, Uttar Pradesh : Hundreds of daily wage labourers struggle to make their presence felt   as a thick blanket of grey-black smog engulf them at the Khora Labour Chowk near Se

Key to Bengaluru’s waste management system, many migrant workers from West Bengal live under constant fear of being labelled as illegal...

India's rural jobs guarantee scheme created jobs for thousands of men and women who left cities during the lockdown, and continues to...

In 2020, an estimated 14 million people in the country were forced to migrate as a consequence of extreme weather events. But climate refugees as a term is still not officially acknowledged in India. Nidhi Jamwal Naveen Kumar Manoharan

The recently concluded Kumbh mela drew not just pilgrims but toy sellers, chaat makers and sanitation workers from across Uttar Pradesh and also neighboring states who turned up in large numbers to tap the world’s largest religious gathering to boost incomes Anuj Behal Pictures by Rajneesh Verma Camel rearer Faisal chats with a fellow nomad at the Sangam Ghat, in Prayagraj, March 1, 2025. PRAYAGRAJ, Uttar Pradesh:  The Kumbh Mela, the world’s largest religious gathering, conc