India’s migrant workers are walking home, hungry and scared of the police
With no way to earn a living and public transport halted, India’s army of migrant workers has been left stranded, with just a phone call as help
28 March 2020 - 08:48
Chennai/Mumbai — The phone line in New Delhi crackled with the voice of Ravinder Singh, an Indian migrant worker desperately seeking help as a nationwide coronavirus lockdown leaves him and millions like him without food, shelter or transport.
With no way to earn a living and all public transport halted, India’s army of migrant workers has been left stranded, with no choice but to undertake long journeys across the country to their homes on foot...
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