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About 63 per cent of the children of migrant workers suffer from various diseases with fever being the most common ailment. This was one of the findings of a study by Aide et Action, an non-governmental organisation, in the construction sites and brick kilns around Chennai. Lack of immunisation, proper nutrition and health facilities at the worksites were some of the reasons for the frequent illness of the children. About 650 children aged up to eight years belonging to 506 migrant families in construction sites and brick kilns were covered under the three-month study. It was also found that 33 children are still engaged as part-time or full-time labourers.
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internal migrants, migrant workers, migrant children, immunisation, illness, Aide-et-Action, bonded labourers, Chennai
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