India is witnessing mass exodus of IDPs, Internally Displaced Persons due to Pandemic. This mass exodus is first of its kind after Partition in 1947.
These IDPs are being wrongly called as Migrants by the Media and by the Government Agencies, undermining the meaning of Migrants.
Traditionally, the word ‘migrant’ has been used to designate people who move by choice rather than to escape conflict or persecution.
The term is increasingly used as an umbrella term to refer to any person who moves away from their usual place of residence, whether internally or across a border, and regardless of whether the movement is ‘forced’ or voluntary
These Migrants who have been travelling across India during these 60 days of lockdown are facing immense shortage of food. Government and NGOs are working day and night to provide them with food.
However there are key actions For COVID-19 to address food crisis and these are recommendations to the stakeholders.
• Based on food security assessment data, design a response to meet immediate needs, and consider measures to support, protect, promote and restore food security.
• Consider both in-kind and cash-based options for the food basket.
• Develop transition and exit strategies for all food security programmes as early as possible.
• Integrate food security programmes with the responses of other sectors.
• Ensure that people receiving assistance have access to the knowledge, skills and services they need to support their livelihoods and cope.
• Monitor the degree to which different groups and individuals accept and have access to humanitarian food security interventions.
• Ensure that people who receive food assistance are consulted on the design of the response and that they are treated with respect and dignity.
• Establish a mechanism for providing feedback.
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