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Tag: Migrant Workers

Posted inOpinion

Dubai Expo worksite safer than building sites in Europe

by Jonathan Gornall October 6, 2021October 6, 2021

It was, of course, only a matter of time before the sniping began. No sooner had Dubai’s Covid-delayed Expo 2020 opened its doors than Western media were full of stories highlighting the deaths and injuries among the site’s migrant construction workers. The implication is that the workforce was ill-treated and forced to work in unsafe […]

Posted inOpinion

How migrant workers support their families amid pandemic

by Richard Ambrose June 16, 2021June 16, 2021
Posted inSingapore

Singapore quarantines 1,200 migrant workers

by AT Contributor April 23, 2021April 23, 2021
Posted inIndia

Covid second wave spurs exodus of Indian workers

by KS Kumar April 12, 2021April 12, 2021
Posted inOpinion

India: Why aren’t we talking about this?

by Sachi Satapathy February 8, 2021February 8, 2021
Posted inAT+

Gulf expats face Covid-driven extinction

by Jonathan Gorvett February 7, 2021February 9, 2021
Posted inOpinion

The Grinch now goes by the name of Covid-19

by Eunice Barbara C Novio December 23, 2020December 23, 2020
Posted inThailand

Migrant cluster breaks Thai Covid winning streak

by Bertil Lintner December 21, 2020December 24, 2020
Posted inSoutheast Asia

No new normal for Asia’s virally unwanted migrants

by David Hutt September 12, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inAT Financial

Indian migrant workers return to factories, farms

by KS Kumar June 30, 2020June 30, 2020
Posted inIndia

Virus exodus plunges India’s factories into crisis

by Abhaya Srivastava June 7, 2020June 7, 2020
Posted inThailand

Thailand’s unsung Covid-19 success story

by Shawn W. Crispin May 26, 2020July 4, 2020
Posted inInterview

Migrant crisis ‘fueling spread of virus in India’

by Sachi Satapathy May 26, 2020May 26, 2020
Posted inMalaysia

Malaysia’s rush to reopen risks a viral revival

by Nile Bowie May 4, 2020May 7, 2020
Posted inKuwait

Gulf workers out of cash under Covid-19 lockdown

by Sebastian Castelier April 24, 2020May 1, 2020
Migrant workers pass the Thai-Myanmar border in an official service truck as they left Thailand from Mae Sot, Tak province in northern Thailand. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung PHOTO / Ye Aung Thu
Posted inOpinion

Thailand’s migrant workers at risk during pandemic

by Andy Hall April 24, 2020April 24, 2020
Posted inSingapore

How Singapore lost its grip on Covid-19

by Nile Bowie April 21, 2020April 29, 2020
Posted inAT life

‘Human sanitizer’ at Saudi Aramco provokes outcry

by Alison Tahmizian Meuse March 12, 2020April 23, 2020
Doha, the capital of Qatar. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
Posted inMiddle East

Maids rejoice: Qatar revising intrusive labor laws

by AT Contributor January 17, 2020February 18, 2020
Fans watch a World Cup qualifying match, in Doha, between Qatar and South Korea, in June. Photo: Reuters / Ibraheem Al Omari
Posted inMiddle East, Qatar

Qatar, FIFA looking other way on migrant abuse

by Sunil Kukreja September 10, 2019February 18, 2020

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