Inter-state migration and security issue amidst epidemic in India Dr. Garnaik Indira* Asst. Prof. of Political Science, Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur *Author correspondence: Dr Indira Garnaik, Asst. Prof. of Political Science, Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur, Email: indiraitps@gmail.com
Online published on 7 December, 2021. Abstract Since decades migration, environmental situation, and security factor are interrelated to one another and these factors push or pull people to migrate throughout the world. In the current scenario when COVID-19 is declared as epidemic in India, mass exodus at inter-state level is reached at its peak, reason behind it is to secure themselves from disease and hunger due to shut down of the entire economic and industrial activities in the country. In course of inter-state migration specifically during epidemic, their security and life are full of ambiguity and uncertainty. Security issue of migrants is nothing new, but massive inter-state migration has arisen as a vital issue in new form recently after the sudden lockdown of the country. Their security is looked from the perspective of economic, food, political, physical, psychological, and health matters. Now, the question is whether the planners, scholars and policy makers are concerning this issue with gravity or overlooking this great bulk of the amorphous informal workforce. Actions taken by the states is undermining or protecting the safety and security of these people in terms of socio-political inclusion. The present study attempts to relate migration with the security issue and how and in what extent their human security is endangered when startling epidemic COVID-19 is shattered out in the country. Assessment of security effect of migrants in the present scenario in terms of laws, policies, procedures, health and economy of the country and finding out certain measures to sort-out the issue are the key purposes of this paper. Top Keywords Migrants, Security issue, Health, Economy, Shut down, Policies, Epidemic. Top |