COVID-19 health crises & justice administration

A case of migrant worker’s plight

https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS3.7702

Authors

  • Sneha Kanwar Rathore Ph.D Research Scholar, School of Law, Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan
  • Kiran Raj Assistant Professor of Law, School of Law, Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan

Keywords:

victims, victim rights, COVID-19, pandemic, migrant workers, unemployment, rights, migration policies, justice administration, health administration

Abstract

India was one of the major countries that implemented the first blockade to counter the COVID 19 pandemic, one of the biggest health crises of this decade, but the blockade still failed. Within a few months, India was the most hit by the coronavirus epidemic. The gap in the Indian government's blockade program highlights the government's mistakes that led to the failure of the blockade in India and continued to expose local migrant workers to intolerable hardships. The manuscript widely violates the fundamental and economic rights granted to local migrant workers and other workers under the Labor Law and the Indian Constitution during the blockade. The national policy during the blockade is for local migrants. It claims to have exacerbated the situation for workers. According to WHO reports first reported in December 2019, COVID-19 is unprecedented, including countless deaths, general economic crisis, unemployment, quarantine, inevitable lockdowns, and a global travel ban. I fell into the whole world with long-term uncertainty. Fighting a pandemic within the population, migrants have emerged as one of the most vulnerable groups in this blockade, as their lives have entirely ceased. 

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Published

22-05-2022

How to Cite

Rathore, S. K., & Raj, K. (2022). COVID-19 health crises & justice administration: A case of migrant worker’s plight. International Journal of Health Sciences, 6(S3), 7563–7579. https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6nS3.7702

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