Exclusion and fragmentation: India’s refugee populations through COVID-19

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Exclusion and fragmentation: India’s refugee populations through COVID-19

By Rohini Mitra | Issue 26 There are many stories to be told of the COVID-19 pandemic in India. From the collapse of the healthcare system to the draconian top-down management of the initial lockdown to household economic distress across the country, the pandemic further ruptured many existing fractures. This exposed all but the ultra-privileged to new forms of vulnerability. India’s many migrant populations, both within and outside the country,…