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12 Bengali migrant workers murdered in 6 states, Maharashtra tops the crime list
Following the recently unleashed hysteria on the misnomer “Bangladeshi immigrants”, spearheaded by BJP elected officials from the Centre to States, as many as 12 Bengali migrant workers have been murdered, revealing the physical targeted harm that can flow out of systemic hate speech made by those in public authority; these are statistics compiled by the West Bengal Migrants Welfare Board; 4 of the 12 killed have been in “progressive” Maharashtra and 10 in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
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Hunger, accidents and apathy killed migrants walking back home amid the Covid-19 lockdown
After the announcement of the nationwide lockdown, migrants walked for hundreds of kilometers in a bid to reach their home villages
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MHA directs States and UTs to provide essentials for migrants stranded amid lockdown
The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked states to make necessary arrangements of food and shelter for migrant workers, students and others stranded amid the lockdown
Stay where you are, UP govt tells migrants
CM asks neighbouring states to ensure migrant workers from UP, get facilities in situ
Covid-19 Lockdown: Migrant workers begin to leave city in a painfully long walk home
They have lost jobs, homes in the city, and there are no interstate busses or trains to take them back to their villages
Covid-19 stigma: Medical professionals ostracized and evicted from rented homes
Medical health professional all over the country are facing discrimination and exclusion for the fear of spreading Covid-19 among the community
Working People’s Charter demands provisions for the informal sector to fight Covid-19
The group has written to the PM and the Finance Minister asking them to create a Rs.50k crore emergency workers welfare fund
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