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    Indian migrants forced to walk home amid COVID-19 lockdown

    Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the 21-day lockdown to combat coronavirus


    Published:  March 28, 2020 15:12 Christian Borbon, Senior Web Editor

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    Tens of thousands of migrant workers and their famiies fought and shoved their way onto buses organised by India's most populous state to get them to their home towns amid the coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: AFP
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    Migrant labourers walk to their native places on the fourth day of the lockdown announced for the entire country, in Dhaula Kuan. Image Credit: ANI
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    A homeless person sleeps by the side of a road as migrant daily wage laborers make the journey to their respective villages on foot following a lockdown amid concern over spread of coronavirus in New Delhi, India. Image Credit: AP
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    A migrant worker carries his son as they walk along a road with others to return to their village in New Delhi, India. Image Credit: Reuters
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    A migrant worker carries her daughter as she walks on a highway with others looking out for a transport to return to their villages, after India ordered a 21-day nationwide lockdown to limit the spreading of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad. Image Credit: Reuters
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