Human dignity and cross-border migrants in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic

摘要: The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, and the resultant lock-downs cross-border travel restrictions have reinvigorated public debates about vulnerability of global migrants, together with responsibility States to ensure dignified treatment migrants. Situating within on capability-based development human dignity drawing emerging evidence from Nepal, this opinion piece seeks explore how returnee Nepali labour migrants India are subject violation government's response COVID-19. paper tentatively concludes that decision seal its border India, subsequent interventions curtail flow undermined In so doing, raises a normative question as whether, what extent for long, poor marginalised populations such should be expected endure suffering in interests protecting health population at large. role contextual politics shaping intersecting nature crisis is highlighted. Attention also drawn potential political against violation, exposing ineptitude State safeguard well-being