Child sugarcane plantation worker by the makeshift tents they live in. Over half a million children live in the sugarcane fields. Many have been born there. They do not exist in the government or UNICEF registers, therefore schooling or health facilities for them are not even considered. India. 1998. Part of Migrant soul project, an attempt to understand the dreams and the realities of Bangladeshi migrant people.

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