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Jean Dreze, a renowned Belgian-born Indian economist, says migrant workers are not feeling safe and that is why they are desperate to go back home. He tells Indivjal Dhasmana the Centre’s new order that labour should stay where it is will be difficult to implement. Dreze was part of academicians and activists who recently wrote to the Centre about the situation of the migrant workers. Edited excerpts:
Why do you say the decision to lock down the entire country was not taken with proper planning?
The term “lockdown” is misleading. It’s more like a curfew, or an attempted curfew. The
