Internal migration is a common phenomenon in developing countries wherein people move within the boundaries of their own country. Historically, people have moved from lesser developed rural regions to urban centres in order to achieve economic security and social mobility. Though this transition has largely been viewed to be necessary and an inevitable part of a country’s development trajectory (Todaro, 1969), there is growing recognition today that migration can also have undesired effects, especially for poor migrant households who live and work on the geographic, economic, social and political periphery of cities (Betancourt, Shaahinfar, Kellner, Dhavan & Williams, 2013; Desai, Soni, Vaid & Mevada, 2014). Such forms of marginalization expose migrant households to various forms of vulnerabilities with complex and multiple implications.