MAIN (Migrant Assistance and Information Network), a project of the Jesuits of South Asia, has recently set up a national helpline number to provide immediate assistance to distressed migrants. This network, based on collaboration, interfaces with different agencies, NGOs, CSOs, institutions, including government at all levels. It is a tough, but an innovative model conceived in accordance with the signs of the times.

Distressed migrants can use the toll-free helpline number to access critical information, including legal aid and mediation services, access to government entitlements and schemes for migrant workers, report trafficking and human rights violations, abuse, violence, etc. Any distressed migrant worker in need or a friend or relative of this distressed migrant worker can call at the helpline number for support.

The Helpline number is 1800-891-2995.

MAIN is spread across 14 states and provides support to distressed migrants through the central hub based in Delhi. In the last one month, the helpline has received several calls from migrant workers in distress from Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana and Tamil Nadu. State Hubs are now being activated to provide the required support to distressed migrants.