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Lengthy visa process put migrant workers ‘in limbo’

Australia - Skilled migrant workers who applied for an 887 visa felt "exploited" after enduring the agonizing wait for the…

July 15, 2022

Employer convicted of abusing migrant workers fined six figures

Following the instance of a Brisbane sushi restaurant that was found guilty of underpaying employees and fabricating records, the Fair…

July 10, 2022

Indonesia takes action to protect migrant workers from ‘hell’

Indonesia - In response to a report by an advocacy organization that claimed the detainees were being held in "hellish"…

July 2, 2022

Lebanon Still Lacks Laws To Protect Migrant Workers

Lebanon - Workers have been tortured in Lebanon in a recent news that has gone viral on the social media.…

June 24, 2022

Bengali workers assist as Malayalis leave the paddy fields

Bangladesh - When getting ready for the day's labor at a paddy field in Kuthanur, Thufan, 23, from Murshidabad in…

June 24, 2022

Migrant care workers come to aid UK but are now enslaved by debt

United Kingdom - Meera Stephen arrived in the UK with a big bag and even sillier aspirations. The 27-year-old, one…

June 22, 2022

Migrant workers in China fear more lockdowns as Covid threat persists

China - "Calm down, you're overthinking things!" Ji reassures his clients while he cleans a sixth-floor window by sticking more…

June 16, 2022

Debt Bondage: Risky Business for Vietnamese people

Vietnam - Recruitment fees for Vietnamese migrants are at an all-time high. While paying off massive debts to recruiters and…

June 14, 2022

COVID-19’s impact on labor migration

Abul Basar has been a resident in Saudi Arabia for the past 14 years. He tried his luck as a…

June 9, 2022

Migrant workers suffer in Singapore’s concealed lockdown

Singapore - The men who keep Singapore running spend a weekday evening enclosed by a 2-metre-high fence at the Migrant…

June 6, 2022

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