Out of money and fearing the virus, hundreds ofthousands of foreign workers are flooding home Story by Joanna Slater, Kareem Fahim and Katie McQue … More
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I'm an journalist, based in Dubai.
The Guardian: ‘I am starving’: the migrant workers abandoned by Dubai employers
With no salary or money to pay for flights home, many are trapped in desperate situations in crowded labour camps … More
The Guardian: ‘We drink from the toilet’: migrants tell of hellish Saudi detention centres
Kingdom urged to rethink mass deportation policy as crowded and insanitary conditions spark Covid-19 fears Ibraahin’s* first week of work … More
The Guardian: £40m for islanders exiled from British territory goes unspent
Chagossians promised aid go hungry as coronavirus renders them jobless in a foreign state Chagos Islanders living in exile from … More
The Guardian: ‘I’m trapped’: the UAE migrant workers left stranded by Covid-19 job losses
In debt, unable to earn and refused repatriation over coronavirus fears, many migrant workers face an uncertain future Each night, … More
The Guardian: How Nepal’s migration ban trap female ‘modern day slaves’ in the Gulf
Amita* knew she had to escape. After five months of being assaulted, starved and being forced to work for 20 … More
New York Times: Virus Forces Persian Gulf States to Reckon With Migrant Labor
The Mideast’s wealthiest countries depend on foreigners to do jobs their citizens won’t. But the virus has hobbled the arrangement … More
The Guardian: Windrush scandal continues as Chagos Islanders are pressed to ‘go back’
British passport holders say they are routinely pressed by council officers to leave the UK British passport holders from the Chagos … More
The Guardian: How Hong Kong maids became caught in a ‘humanitarian tsunami’
Migrant workers who become pregnant by their employers face dismissal, homelessness and a swift return home The sun had not … More
The Guardian: ‘It’s a very big torture’: the children growing up in hiding in Dubai
With sex outside marriage punishable by jail, migrant workers who become pregnant are often forced to keep their babies locked … More
