Many migrant workers do not want to return to the big cities after India’s lockdown left them without jobs. Photo: EPA-EFE
Many migrant workers do not want to return to the big cities after India’s lockdown left them without jobs. Photo: EPA-EFE

Coronavirus: India’s migrant workers are leaving cities. That’s a big problem for the economy

  • Trauma from a lockdown handled poorly by the Modi government is making many migrant workers want to return to their hometowns
  • Some 4 in 10 workers are migrants and to stop them from leaving, several states have cancelled train and bus services

Many migrant workers do not want to return to the big cities after India’s lockdown left them without jobs. Photo: EPA-EFE
Many migrant workers do not want to return to the big cities after India’s lockdown left them without jobs. Photo: EPA-EFE
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