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NEWS ABOUT: migrant labor

migrant labor stories: 5 news summaries

Nanny: Diplomat Made Me a Slave

Sexually assaulted and beaten, she reveals horrors facing UK's migrant workers

Aug 9, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - A migrant worker in Britain took what looked like a plush job as a diplomat’s nanny—only to be treated as a sex slave with little recourse to the law, the Independent reports, uncovering a predicament faced by other workers. “I was trapped. I was paid nothing, never... More »

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immigration • London • migrant workers • diplomat • immigrant • migrant labor • Britain • nanny • workers' rights

ANALYSIS

 Recession Cools 
 Worldwide Migration 


Jun 6, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facing a tough job market, immigrants are returning home around the world, reversing historic migration patterns and giving up on income that once fed their families, the Wall Street Journal reports. With construction workers going back to Mexico and domestic servants to the Philippines, wealthy nations are also bound... More »

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immigration • migrant workers • migration • recession • migrant labor • Third World • wealthy • poor countries

OPINION

 China's Olympic Wonders Dazzle—at First

Beijing tried to impress, not deal with deeper issues

May 26, 08 5:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Beijing's new Olympic buildings will impress the world at first glance, Paul Goldberger writes in the New Yorker. The National Stadium boasts a lattice of crisscrossing beams, and the blue-gray Aquatic Center seems underwater with its translucent plastic pillows. But peel back the paint, and see evidence of what enrages... More »

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China • architecture • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • stadium • migrant labor

54 Burmese Migrant Workers Suffocate in Border Crossing

They screamed an hour before driver halted

Apr 10, 08 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police yesterday discovered the bodies of 54 Burmese migrant workers who suffocated in a truck heading across the border to Thailand. Workers crammed in the 7-by-20-foot space, almost all women, say when they finally managed to alert the driver, he fled. Each worker paid $314 to be smuggled into Thailand,... More »

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immigration • illegal immigrant • Thailand • migrant workers • Myanmar • Burma • migrant labor • human trafficking

Indian 'Success Story' Funded by Migrants

Money mailed home makes possible Kerala's leftist showcase

Sep 7, 07 3:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - The South Indian state of Kerala, long touted for achieving a high quality of life in the face of dire poverty, relies heavily on earnings sent from menial jobs abroad, the New York Times reports. Offered as a leftist alternative to market-driven development in poor nations, Kerala is famous for... More »

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India • world economy • Globalization • Kerala • migrant labor

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