New Delhi: On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ordered all the states to inform it about the number and condition of migrant children on a plea seeking directions for the protection of their fundamental rights amidst the global pandemic.
On March 8, the Court had impeded all the states and had issued notice on the plea filed by the Child Rights Trust and a Bengaluru resident.
The plea stated that due to the global pandemic, the Union Government had announced a nationwide lockdown for which there was a huge impact on the migrant children. They were affected the most.
The plea said, “The unprecedented lockdown, the ensuing migrant crisis and the subsequent effect of the same on migrant children and their fundamental and human rights is conspicuous and an ongoing crisis”.
The lockdown has resulted in tremendous hardship for the migrant children and till now, there has been no report of the exact numbers of migrant children, infants, lactating migrant women, and their needs.
The plea has sought directions to enumerate and register the number of infants and children of migrant families with the help of local authorities.