The Kerala government on Friday told the Supreme Court that “guest workers” in the State did not want to return to their native States amid the lockdown. Of the 2.81 lakh migrant labourers in Kerala, 1.61 lakh do not want to leave the State, which has effectively checked the spread of the novel coronavirus infection. Also Read Lockdown displaces lakhs of migrants“Most of the industries opened in Kerala and some of the guest workers are now not demanding to go back,” according to Kerala’s written submissions before a three-judge Bench led by Justice Ashok Bhushan. It was highlighted that Kerala was the “only State in the country providing the highest wage for its guest workers. The State submitted that 1.53 lakh workers have left the State as on June 3.

Source: The Hindu June 05, 2020 16:53 UTC