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Challenges of Integration of internal migrants

Author : Divya Varma, Rameez Abbas | 2014
Published By: Migration Policy Institute (MPI)

Regardless of the duration of their stay, labor migrants face myriad challenges at their destinations in a country that is dizzying in its diversity of languages and cultures. Among the challenges: restricted access to basic needs such as identity documentation, social entitlements, housing, and financial services. Many migrants—especially those who relocate to a place where the local language and culture is different from that of their region of origin—also face harassment and political exclusion.

URL : http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/internal-labor-migration-india-raises-integration-challenges-migrants

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