Changing Migrants and Policy Response during Covid-19 in India

Abstract : Covid-19 has made unprecedented changes in the lives of migrants. Both internal and international migrants have faced similar challenges like, job loss, lockdowns, wage-cut, and stigmatization; further they have witnessed inadequate policy response in terms of managing the crisis that has again stressed the lives of migrants. Considering these facts into account the attempt of this study is to understand the lives of migrants during the Covid-19 crisis. The study would employ secondary data and publically available documents to understand the migration process of India and how the lives of migrants have changed during the crisis. The study would focus on Indian migrants.