No country for migrants

About a week ago a young boy, aged five, was brutally sodomised and murdered allegedly by a migrant labourer in Hoshiarpur. The accused has since been arrested. The heinous incident has sent shock waves across Punjab. At the same time, it has led to widespread anger against the migrant population, which mainly hails from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. There are an estimated 40 lakh migrants living in Punjab. They include about 20 lakh migrant workers and their families.