Are these images of migrant workers that were stranded amidst the COVID-19 lockdown?

May 16, 2020 Sai Keerthi

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Images of feet are being circulated that allegedly belongs to migrant workers stranded amidst the COVID-19 lockdown and are trying to make it back home on foot. Few of the images are as follows:

Twitter

Columnist and spokesperson Americai Narayanan tweeted the image with the caption (translated): “Because the #Coronavirus brought by flight attendants is not properly handled, people’s feet are hard to beat”

விமானத்தில் வந்தவர்கள் கொண்டு வந்த #கொரோனாவைரஸ் சரியாக கையாளப்படாததால்
அடித்தட்டு மக்களின் கால்கள் படும் கஷ்டம்
சொல்லில் அடங்கா!#unplannedlockdown #LockdownWithoutPlan #Lockdown2 pic.twitter.com/WCI9Dznk6n

— Americai V Narayanan ‘அமெரிக்கை’ வி நாராயணன் (@americai) April 16, 2020

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Journalist Punya prasun Bajpai also tweeted the image which has since then been deleted. A screenshot of the same is as follows:

Source.

ورته دعـا لـــــه خـــدایه اوغؤاړم نور وس مې نوي
غریب انسان ته ورو ورو اوجاړم نور وس مې نوي pic.twitter.com/QFoppYMcfc

— Abdul Hamid (@Muoqbal) October 30, 2018

ورته دعـا لـــــه خـــدایه اوغؤاړم نور وس مې نوي
غریب انسان ته ورو ورو اوجاړم نور وس مې نوي pic.twitter.com/hBJg0c5hpn

— کلثوم خان (@Kkhan60307485) November 3, 2018

Truth

A simple Google reverse image search showed that both the images are from 2018 and is not related to the COVID-19 lockdown. The first image is from Pakistan and is featured in an article published by The London Post. A screenshot of the same is as follows and the entire article can be found here.

The second image was also sourced from a 2018 post. While the site could not be verified, it proves that the image has been in circulation since 2018 and therefore discredits claims that it is from 2020. A screenshot of the post is as follows: