These Migrant Workers Took A Flight Home

Considering all that’s happened with migrant workers, this sounds almost unbelievable: A group of 10 catching a flight home...

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00:00I never dreamt that I would fly a plane.

01:00By March, the work was almost over.

01:02Then the lockdown started.

01:04What could we do?

01:06We used to see that there was an accident in the bus.

01:08People were walking.

01:10We used to go to them in the morning and evening.

01:12We used to sit with them and explain to them.

01:14They also understood.

01:16They also understood that the owner is right.

01:18We arranged for food.

01:20That's it. What did they want?

01:22Then they sent us to the train.

01:24We saw that the same thing happened in the train.

01:26Tickets were not being confirmed.

01:28There was no water.

01:30Then we thought that they have been working with us for 20 years.

01:34The work starts in August and ends in March.

01:38Then we thought

01:40that they are our people.

01:42It should be good for them.

01:44We got their medical checkup done.

01:46We got their medical checkup done

01:48at the government hospital.

01:50We got their medical checkup done.

01:52We got their air ticket confirmed.

01:58We got their air ticket confirmed.

02:00The owner helped us a lot

02:02during the lockdown.

02:04He arranged for food and everything.

02:06Now he is sending us

02:08to go to Sosth

02:10by air.

02:12By air.

02:14We never thought

02:16that we would sit in an airplane.