Hong Kong migrant workers are up and arms against the government decision to make vaccine immunization compulsory for foreign workers. They have called the move ‘discriminatory and unjust’. According to Health officials, there were plans…
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Crawfish workers in Louisiana Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit challenging a joint US Labor Department (DOL) and Homeland Security rule that allows employers to hire temporary foreign workers at low wages. Filed in the US…
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The Biden administration has increased the number of US visas for seasonal workers under the H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Worker program to 22,000. Last week, the US Department of Homeland Security issued a statement approving 22,000…
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Due to the second and disastrous wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, rural migrants in India are subjected to job losses and food insecurities. As per local media reports, migrant workers from metropolitans like Delhi and…
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In a recently published investigation report, the Guardian along with the ‘Lost in Europe’ unveiled the tragic account of over 18,000 child migrants who were missing in Europe. The report, which despite all the efforts…
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Many migrant workers in the National Capital have started heading for trains and buses to head back home as they again fear losing their jobs like 2020 nationwide lockdown. The mini lockdown announced by the…
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On Friday, the UN refugee agency reported death of 41 African migrants near Tunisia, who were trying to cross Mediterranean Sea, in hope of a better life in Europe. Among the deceased was one child.…
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The Uganda government has partnered with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to protect the rights of its migrant workers in Gulf countries. Last week, Uganda’s Gender, Labor and Social Development Minister Frank Tumwebaze held…
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Search operations are underway to find the missing people following the Uttrakhand calamity on 7 February 2021. “To date, 74 bodies have been found but 130 people still are missing,” said Swati S. Bhaduria, district…
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The migrant workers in New Zealand suffered months of emotional stress as they were separated from family as immigration visa applications were halted in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and there is no news…
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