Migrant Workers

Migrant worker virus exodus plunges India's factories into crisis

India is slowly emerging from strict containment measures imposed in late March as leaders look to revive the battered economy, but manufacturers don't have enough workers to man the machinery.

Singapore to build new dormitories for migrant workers after virus outbreak

The nation of 5.7 million people has more than 35,000 coronavirus cases, one of the largest numbers in Asia, largely due to infections in cramped, bunk-bed accommodation that house more than 300,000 mostly South Asian workers.

Covid-19 and migrant workers in the Arab world: suffering or supported?

There are millions of migrant workers in the Arab world that demand the world's attention.

Qatar imposes mandatory masks on pain of prison

More than 30,000 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the tiny Gulf country — 1.1 percent of the 2.75 million population — although just 15 people have died.

Pakistan concerned at workers returning from UAE with coronavirus

A special assistant to Pakistan's PM Imran Khan says number of people testing positive after return from UAE was "higher than we were hoping"; around 12% tested positive on most flights with the number rising to between 40-50% on a couple of flights.

Steep drop in remittances will hurt countries that can least afford it

With businesses shut and travel restrictions in place, countries and households most dependent on money from overseas are at risk of facing poverty.

Gulf's massive migrant workforce fears virus limbo

Advocacy groups including Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Amnesty warn that cramped accommodation and inadequate sanitation endanger migrant workers across the Gulf, who may not have access to healthcare.

Coronavirus travel bans hit Asian migrant workers

Restrictions aimed at slowing the pandemic, which has infected more than 245,000 people globally, threaten to leave millions of South Asian migrant labourers without work.

The great fall of foreign labour in Lebanon

Migrants and refugees in Lebanon work under extremely tough, and often cruel, conditions. Now, the government has added to their misery by clamping down on their status in the country.

164 UN member states agree to a migration pact. But what does that mean?

World leaders gathered in Morocco adopted a UN migration accord, while countries like the United States and European Union nations and other, want national borders to remain sacrosanct.

Migrants leaving the UK after Brexit results in higher wages for locals

Growing shortage of migrant labour after Brexit forces employers in northern England's Harrogate to raise wages in a bid to attract staff.

Farm workers' shortage leaves US crops to rot

American farmers can not find enough low-skilled and cheap immigrant labour to pick their crops before they rot away, and lose millions of dollars.