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With an increasing inflow of migrant workers from Andhra Pradesh and Central India pouring into Chennai, there has been an acute problem in assimilating these workers and their families into welfare programmes of the State. The deplorable condition of the migrant workers and their families take a heavy toll on their children who are left unattended, lose out on education and are often forced into child labour. Unorganized Workers Federation, along with affiliated unions, NGOs and activists organized a One –Day seminar on Migrant Children. The Seminar held on 28th Jan 2013, was presided by Ms Neena Nayak, member of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR). Over 300 children from different states of India, presented their problems and experiences about health, education, Food security, and housing. These were contextualised by presentations by activists and academicians. The recommendations submitted by the organizations focussed on the need to set up an Inter Departmental Migrant Cell to address the issue of migrant families and migrant children. They also evolved department wise recommendations as the issue was multi departmental in nature. The organizations demanded implementation of the Draft Action Plan on Migrant Child Labour that was drafted during the previous regime and has thus far been neglected. Ms Neena Nayak gave the concluding remarks in which she discussed the recommendations and promised her support to take necessary steps towards addressing the pertinent issue of protecting social and civic rights of the Migrant Children.
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Migrant Children, India, Chennai, migrant workers, families, child labour, Unorganized Workers, social and civic rights, labour, child, mothers, Parents, immunization, Bonded Labourers, central India
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