{"id":9384,"date":"2025-09-30T04:59:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T04:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=9384"},"modified":"2025-09-30T05:02:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T05:02:26","slug":"migrant-workers-and-cross-border-labour-protection-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/migrant-workers-and-cross-border-labour-protection-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrant Workers and Cross-Border Labour Protection in India"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>Migrant Workers<\/span><\/h2>\n

<\/span>Introduction<\/span><\/h3>\n

Migration of labours for work is not a new practice, it has been a long practice over the centuries that has been taking place between the countries, state, regions and over different places in search of employment to sustain their families; it is a structural feature of both domestic and global labour economics. In India, internal migration takes place for over 450 million people, while cross-border migration involves millions of migrant Indian workers working outside India in the Gulf, Southeast Asia, etc. Despite their contribution to economics, migrant workers often face legal invisibility, informal employment, and limited access to justice. The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 exposed these conditions of the labours , leading to a renewed debate on labour protections in India.<\/p>

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