A risky resettlement

Indian farmers struggle to carve out a better life for themselves in Eastern Europe

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A child rests on sweet corn.
Jagsir Singh Sekhon and his nephew Satwan with sweet corn.
(Image credit: (Ivor Prickett)In 2013, photographer Ivor Prickett traveled to Georgia to capture this contemporary migration and see how the farmers were acclimating to their new homes.“Over the course of t)

Lunch at the site of the Sikh temple to be built near Rustavi, after a service to celebrate Vaisahi, a Sikh festival that marks the first harvest of the year.
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Jasvir Kaur Sekhon, wife of Jagsir Singh Sekhon, and their daughter Harleen, in the living room of their small apartment in Gardabani.
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Harvested sweet corn.
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Harleen rests on a bed of harvested sweet corn.
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Azerbaijani women pick grapes from their vines to give to Indian farm workers.
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Dhanwand Singh rested at home after working on land near his village.
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A post-lunch break before going back to work in the fields.
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Jagsir Sekhon Khan takes a break from harvesting sweet corn.
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Farmers load a truck.
(Image credit: (Ivor Prickett)**To see more from this story and others, check out Ivor Prickett's website.**)

Jackie Friedman
Jackie Friedman

Jackie Friedman is the assistant photo editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the photojournalism program at Kent State University and now lives in New York.