Tag: Migrant
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World News in Brief: Civilian casualties in Afghanistan, migrant deaths off Crete, call for justice in Brazil trial
Preliminary information indicates at least 13 civilians were killed and seven injured in Nangarhar province,…
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Greek Coast Guard Under Scrutiny for Migrant Deaths
On February 3, a devastating collision between a Greek Coast Guard vessel and a migrant boat occurred…
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Qatar: Failure to Pay Contractors Harms Migrant Workers
(Beirut) – Qatari government clients and other major businesses are failing to pay contractors on time…
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Rampant Labor Abuses Against Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in Malaysia
United Nations human rights experts have highlighted “widespread and systematic” exploitation, deception, and deepening debt…
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Cambodia: Returned Migrant Workers Face Hunger, Joblessness
The Cambodian government is not supporting hundreds of thousands of migrant workers with microfinance debts…
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Saudi Arabia: Migrant workers behind the Riyadh Metro system subjected to decade of devastating abuse
Migrant workers who travelled to Saudi Arabia to work on the Riyadh Metro project were…
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Malaysia: Migrant boat tragedy highlights worsening plight of Rohingya
Responding to the deaths of refugees and migrants on a boat that sank off the…
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Saudi Arabia: Migrant Workers in Mecca Arrested for Demanding Unpaid Wages
(Beirut) – At least 600 migrant workers employed by Saudi Arabian Baytur Construction Company have not…
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France: Dysfunctional and discriminatory residence permit system violates racialized migrant workers’ rights
The French short term residency system violates human rights of racialized migrant workers, trapping them…
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France Failing Unaccompanied Migrant Children
In a damning report published last week, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the…