MIGRATION:

Assamese migrants feel safer in UP

 Abject poverty, the terror, ethnic violence and floods has over the years force thousands of
ASSAMESE to migrate to other parts of the country.
 Around 40,000 Assamese migrants live in the UP capital.
 Assamese started arriving in Lucknow three decades ago. Their migration peakes as the
Bodoland movement caught fire.
 In lucknow , most of the migrants live in squalor . But their deepest hurt comes when they
are tagged as “Bangladeshis” despite carrying valid identity cards.
 Administrative apathy and strict regulations make it difficult for migrants to get admission in
public schools.
 The transfer of their voter cards to Lucknow is also hindered by administrative conditions.
They aren’t able to get ration cards in Lucknow as the administration demands that they
must first cancel their original Assam-based ration cards.

Moday slave trade:

Migration from odhisa takes place under the “pathariya system” where in a work unit comprising
husband, wife and one or two children migrate together . A labour – contractor mafia , with political
patronage cutting across party lines , organises this modern day version of slave trade and human
traffictking form western odisha to the brick – klins of Andhra pradesh and other similar cities.