After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a lockdown of 21 days, lakhs of migrant Indian labourers have lost their jobs.
With no earnings and nothing to eat, they have been forced to return home – hundreds of kilometres away from Indian cities such as Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. The lockdown also means that transportation is scarce – many have no option but to walk.
This is their journey back home, in photos:
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