News - #SolidarityWorks! Deepak Biswas and Tanima Mandal work in the clothing industry and report on their situation. © SAVE 30 April 2020 Emergency aid arriving - SAVE in crisis The effects of the corona crisis are increasing and changing. At first, migrant workers were affected by the national curfew – they were stranded without work in the cities. Now they are threatened with the challenge of the global decline in orders and the long-term loss of their work. Deepak Biswas and Tanima Mandal also came to Tirupur from the state of West Bengal as migrant workers. For a year now, they have been working in one of the many textile factories in Tirupur. In this video, the two report on their current situation in the crisis. Especially in times of COVID-19, human rights and solidarity are more important than ever. Deepak Biswas and Tanima Mandal work in the clothing industry and report on their situation. The impact of the corona crisis on the factories is reflected in the slump in orders from Europe and the USA. In addition, the spread of the virus is also creating problems for employees. There are many textile factories in Tirupur. More than 800,000 employees were active in up to 10,000 production units. According to SAVE, the majority of factories can no longer keep employees. Now it is about the challenge that in the future workers will hardly have any more work for which they can be paid. The state-ordered curfew ends on 3 May 2020 and initial relaxation measures are expected. However, it is still unclear to what extent the economy can restart. On 30 April 2020, the Government of India announced that a Return of migrant workers to their home countries Now be allowed. However, it can be assumed that few want to return, but instead go or stay somewhere else to find work. SAVE reacted quickly and supported migrant workers with food right from the start.
