returned migrants
How interactive audio helped migrants during lockdown
An existing interactive voice response system was refashioned, enabling migrant workers in destination cities get messages regarding their circumstances across, subsequently facilitating their return
Uncertainty clouds future of returned migrant youth
Panna’s rural youth migrated with the hope that their remittances would promote progress. Back after the lockdown and with no local work, they are unsure of their future
Returned migrants prefer local livelihoods in native region
Villagers who migrated to other states for want of local livelihoods are back and do not wish to migrate again. They seek creation of local earning avenues
Returned migrants: Despair and coping
Distance to host city, commitment of employer and livelihood opportunity at native village help returned workers decide on post-lockdown migration. Till then they cope with available resources