In association with the India Bangladesh migration crisis in Assam and largely in the north east of India, it is a complex issue at hand. While the problem is framed by certain interest groups within political rhetoric in the mainstream media of Delhi, international migration is fundamentally a social movement across legally determined boundaries and […]
Archive for the ‘Distress migration’ Category
Informal Economy and Migration
Priyanka Saharia on December 19th, 2016
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Care Regimes and Transnational Migration: What Happens to Those Left Behind
Panchali Ray on July 12th, 2016
Over the last few decades migration studies have fruitfully intersected with race, class and gender studies to foreground the gradual but steady marketisiation and commodification of migrant women’s reproductive labour from poor to richer countries.
Climate Induced Internal Migration in India: Emerging Challenges
Architesh Panda on June 3rd, 2016
Among the many impacts of climate change, large scale displacement of people from slow onset and rapid onset disasters both at national and international scale have received increasing attention in the rubric of climate refugee discourse. India is no exception to the increasing impacts of climate change as one of the highly vulnerable country in […]
Legal Literacy Camp Organised by PEPUS
Sarabjit Kaur on May 6th, 2016
A legal literacy camp was organized by PEPUS at village Mamai, Kaudihar block, Dist, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh on 19th April 2016.The camp was organised to make aware migrant workers of their rights and entitlements as it is the first step towards work security and empowerment.
Drought, Destitution and Distress Migration
Sarabjit Kaur on April 28th, 2016
Half of the 688 districts in India today are reeling under the extreme situation of drought. Some of the regions, particularly the western part of India has been consecutively experiencing drought but during 2016 the intensity of drought has become more severe and widespread.
