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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Migrant Workers’ Human Rights in India

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Published date01 January 2025
DOIhttp://doi.org/10.1177/23220058241305452
AuthorRoustavi Mukherjee,Souvik Roy
Date01 January 2025
Impact of the COVID-19
Pandemic on Migrant Workers’
Human Rights in India
Roustavi Mukherjee1 and Souvik Roy2
Abstract
The COVID-19 epidemic accentuated the pre-existing vulnerability of migrant workers in India, hence
centralizing the causes of social and economic disturbances brought about by lockdowns.3 Often
working in the informal sector without social safety nets, migrant workers had great difficulties,
including loss of livelihood, lack of access to basic healthcare, poor accommodation and movement
limitations. Many of them were left stranded or unable to satisfy basic requirements, so these difficulties
seriously affected their rights and social inclusion. This article explores the several struggles migrant
workers went through during the epidemic and how it impacted their human rights as guaranteed by
the Constitution of India. This article also emphasizes the need of building strong and inclusive systems
to guarantee that, in the next crises, the welfare and rights of migrant workers are preserved.
Introduction
With broad job losses resulting from industry closures and stopped construction projects, the COVID-19
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       
           4


       
           
1 Advocate, Calcutta High Court; Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2 Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
3   ,            
 (2021).
4 Anoop Khanna, Impact of Migration of Labour Force Due to Global COVID-19 Pandemic with Reference to India, 22 J.

Article
Asian Journal of Legal Education
12(1) 86–97, 2025
© 2024 The West Bengal National
University of Juridical Sciences
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DOI: 10.1177/23220058241305452
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Corresponding author:
Roustavi Mukherjee, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal 700126, India.
E-mail: roustavimukherjee@gmail.com

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