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The situation of migration in India during Covid -19 has resulted in massive chaos around the country. News headlines are filled with situational accidents, deaths and struggles of migrant workers all over the world, especially in India with a 135.26 crore population (2018). The migrant workers are among the worst hit due to the pandemic, yet the most vulnerable among the vulnerable communities consist of children of these migrant workers, labourers. During the migration of around 455.78 million people in India, the invisibles and most vulnerable � Children of our society face a lot of hurdles, especially that they suffer to fulfil basic necessities for themselves. The 2011 census reports nearly 92.95 million migrant children migrate were found in India. The migrant children population of rural areas comprise 56% and urban account (44%). The migrant children have a stark division among them coming from well off and not so well off or poor households. The division studied by MPCE (monthly per capita expenditure) and the vulnerabilities faced by children show that children in bottom tercile households are bad in comparison to the middle tercile households. This clearly highlights the inequality existing in the Indian society in consideration to the children migrating. This paper aims at analyzing the areas where migrant children have been suffering in India, especially during the pandemic outbreak. The objective is to study in-depth data around migrant children�s health, labour conditions, trafficking, and education. The paper also put emphasis on government programs, initiatives and policies that are formalized in order to help migrant worker�s children and other vulnerable children during Covid-19 crisis. The paper utilises secondary data in order to incorporate a clear understanding of the topic. Analysis of secondary data is assessed by evaluating information and literary outcome of various articles like UN reports, UNICEF analysis, WHO reports on malnutrition, health, News/article platforms like � The Hindu, Frontline & The Wire. Scrutinization of pertinent articles will assist in getting maximum current, updated and in-depth information about the topic thereby assisting at forming an outcome useful for readers. Keywords � Migrant workers, Children, Covid-19, UN, Education, Health, Labour