A town divided: Inside Perumbavoor’s migrant flashpoint, where drugs, fear and politics collide

A signboard in Perumbavoor, Kerala, warns against drug peddling and prostitution, highlighting tensions between local residents and migrant laborers. This friction, fueled by issues of social integration and crime, exposes a political blind spot as elections approach, despite the state's reliance on this workforce.

A town divided: Inside Perumbavoor’s migrant flashpoint, where drugs, fear and politics collide
A signboard in Perumbavoor, Kerala, warns against drug peddling and prostitution, highlighting tensions between local residents and migrant laborers. This friction, fueled by issues of social integration and crime, exposes a political blind spot as elections approach, despite the state's reliance on this workforce.