OP-ED: When they come home

Return and reintegration of migrant workers are equally significant to the other two stages of migration -- pre-departure and on-sight.

Having a huge surplus workforce in the country, outmigration always gets priority over the issue of sustainable reintegration. As the Covid-19 pandemic resulted in the acceleration of forced return of a huge number of migrant workers, and put a complete pause to outmigration and remigration, the issue of reintegration has been highlighted with due importance.