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Curating some of the best amongst the scant coverage of challenges faced by migrants from Northeastern states during covid19 lockdown https://caravanmagazine.in/communities/migrants-from-the-northeast-are-stuck-between-hostile-employers-and-unemployment-at-home
"Jamal had spent many anxious months when the National Register of Citizens had been in the making. When he found that his name was not on it, he had to rush back" https://amp.scroll.in/article/962761/covid-19-lockdown-for-north-east-workers-in-goa-a-struggle-for-dignity-and-dreams-of-home#referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s
Not (at least, strictly) a migrant story but exhibits the amazing fellowship of the Mizos as a community https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/assam/youth-accompanies-body-of-best-friend-back-home-6383608/
Two days back, more than 200 Muslim students from Manipur, who had tickets and required documents were denied boarding and left stranded at a train station in Gujarat https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2020/5/24/IMPHAL-May-24-Alleging-lapses-in-management-of-evacuation-processes-AMMSO-All-Manipur-Muslim-Students-Organisation-and-six-other-student-bodies-have-appealed-the-Government-to-take-immediate-co.html
Racial profiling started at the get go right up to the recent incident when over a 100 Manipuri nurses quit their jobs in Kolkata https://www.firstpost.com/india/coronavirus-outbreak-spent-night-at-quarantine-facility-even-after-testing-negative-for-covid-19-northeastern-migrants-recount-horror-of-racial-profiling-8203471.html
Some 300 nurses from the region left *gasp* West Bengal, which has long been considered a safe haven for people from the region to work/settle in https://www.fpsjreview.in/home/articles/131/many-manipur-nurses-leave-jobs-as-their-employers-deny-them-safety-protocols-in-covid-fight-in-west-bengal
Another rude shock https://scroll.in/latest/958328/assam-nurses-in-guwahati-allegedly-face-racial-slurs-called-coronavirus
"Inside the train, our common uncertainty and fears bound us to one another while outside, we heard ‘corona’ ‘corona’ being chanted at some train stations. What hurt me most was when the same thing happened in Assam, too". A disturbing personal account https://m.thewire.in/article/rights/manipur-covid-19-quarantine-centre-food
