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WR News Writer is an engineer turned professionally trained writer who has a strong voice in her writing. She speaks on issues of migrant workers, human rights, and more.

CPI (M) Demands A Survey On Migrant Labour After Fire At Hyderabad Godown Killed 11 Migrant Workers

CPI (M) Demands A Survey On Migrant Labour After Fire At Hyderabad Godown Killed 11 Migrant Workers

India - The CPI(M) City Committee has demanded that the government initiate strict measures against warehouses and contract agencies that have been functioning illegally in Hyderabad, endangering migrant workers’ lives. This comes after eleven workers

Boat owners fined over use of illegal migrants as fishermen

Boat owners fined over use of illegal migrants as fishermen

Thailand - 15 illegal migrant fishermen have been arrested and the boat owners, whose boats were used by them for fishing purposes, have also received hefty fines. On Tuesday, the officials found two fishing boats

Tamil Nadu: Migrant workers increasing their dependence on alcohol

Tamil Nadu: Migrant workers increasing their dependence on alcohol

India - Migrant workers in Tamil Nadu are found to have been increasing their dependence on alcohol in recent years. As per a report, alcoholism and absenteeism are rising among the migrant workers. The sectors

Russia-Ukraine War: As The Ruble Falls, Migrant Workers May Leave Russia

Russia-Ukraine War: As The Ruble Falls, Migrant Workers May Leave Russia

Russia - As the ruble weakens, the migrant workers may leave Russia in the coming months if the war in Ukraine does not end quickly. Experts were polled by The Moscow Times on this matter.

Canadian Federal Health Minister Pumps In Funds For Migrant Workers In Windsor-Essex

Canadian Federal Health Minister Pumps In Funds For Migrant Workers In Windsor-Essex

Canada - As Canada braves the onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic, the federal health minister, Jean-Yves Duclos, announced an additional $4.8 million for the City of Windsor. This money will be used to pay for

Demonstrators march in Niagara-on-the-Lake for migrant workers’ rights

Demonstrators march in Niagara-on-the-Lake for migrant workers’ rights

Canada - Dozens of demonstrators marched across Canada for the rights of migrant workers. They asked the federal government to grant permanent immigration status to migrant workers, refugees, and undocumented people. Niagara-on-the-Lake also hosted a

Four migrant workers scummed to landslide at a construction site in Kochi

Four migrant workers scummed to landslide at a construction site in Kochi

India - In Kochi, Kerala, four migrant workers were killed at a construction site as land caved in while they were working on Friday. As per initial reports, the migrant workers belonged from West Bengal.

Private seniors’ home in Quebec under investigation for alleged abuse of migrant workers

Private seniors’ home in Quebec under investigation for alleged abuse of migrant workers

Canada - Quebec's immigration and labour minister, Jean Boulet, has sent workplace health and safety investigators to investigate the matter of migrant workers' abuse in Lévis, Quebec. The workplace health and safety board (CSST) will

Kitex Garment labor camp violence: arrested migrant workers stuck even after relaxed bail conditions

Kitex Garment labor camp violence: arrested migrant workers stuck even after relaxed bail conditions

India - 174 migrant workers were arrested linked with the Christmas eve violence at labor camp of Kitex Garments in Kerala. Two groups of many migrant workers clashed over some issue. The matter quickly escalated

Despite fear of arrest, migrants from Myanmar choose to flee to Thailand

Despite fear of arrest, migrants from Myanmar choose to flee to Thailand

Myanmar - Situation in Myanmar has become so terrible that people are preferring to flee the country with risks of getting arrested rather than staying back and not doing anything. Mots of migrants are choosing