The Korea Times, Korea, 11 September 2020 - Korea is home to almost 2.5 million people who were born outside the country, with almost half coming from China and Vietnam, followed by the Philippines and Bangladesh.
Asia One, China, 11 September 2020 - Ma Haizhe, a mother of two, decided to return to her rural hometown－Xiaohe village of Tianshui city in Gansu province － in 2014 to take care of her children when her 6-year-old son was preparing to attend primary school and her daughter, 3, was old enough for kindergarten.
Nepal 24 Hours.com, Nepal, 11 September 2020 - The Embassy of Nepal in Oman has said that a total of 830 Nepali migrant workers returned home in five rescue flights so far after the outbreak of pandemic coronavirus infection.
The Kathmandu Post, Nepal, 10 September 2020 - Just before the lockdown began in the third week of March to contain the spread of the coronavirus, Umesh Prasad Singh had more than 400 Indian seasonal workers at his two brick factories at Tarapatti Sirsiya, Dhanusha. He had employed 300 Nepali workers as well.
The Japan Times, United Arab Emirates, 10 September 2020 - Nizar Kochery has been fighting for migrant workers’ rights in the courts for decades, but he has never felt so overwhelmed.
CGTN, India, 10 September 2020 - The COVID-19 virus is surging rapidly throughout India.
The Malaysian Reserve, Singapore, 10 September 2020 - With restaurants and malls bustling, pre-pandemic life is slowly returning for people in Singapore, except for the more than 300,000 migrant workers who make up much of the city’s low-wage workforce.
The Washington Post, Philippines, 10 September 2020 - When the novel coronavirus upended lives and livelihoods around the world, it hit the poor especially hard. But the pandemic's effects also proved damaging for those vying for a foothold in the middle class, knocking them back down the economic ladder.
The Jakarta Post, Indonesia, 10 September 2020 - The Agency for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BP2MI) has foiled an attempt to traffic around 200 Indonesian workers to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital of Dubai.
South China Morning Post, Singapore, 9 September 2020 - With restaurants and shopping centres bustling, pre-pandemic life is slowly returning for people in Singapore – except for the more than 300,000 migrant workers who make up much of the city’s low-wage workforce.
Kyodo News, Singapore, 9 September 2020 - With many businesses floundering due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Singapore is trying to speed up the re-entry into the workforce of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who have been under lockdown for months in their dormitories to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The Kathmandu Post, Lebanon, 7 September 2020 - Manju migrated to work as a housemaid in Lebanon in 2006. In the last 14 years, she managed to earn some money, build a house for the family in Morang and educate her two sons.
Pressenza, Qatar, 5 September 2020 - On August 30, the Qatari authorities published two measures, announced in October 2019, intended – if fully implemented – to improve the protection of the rights and living conditions of migrant workers, massively present in the Gulf emirate.
UCA News, Malaysia, 4 September 2020 - No migrant workers from India, Indonesia and the Philippines will be allowed to enter Malaysia as of Sept. 7, the country’s government has announced.
bdnews24.com, Bangladesh, 3 September 2020 - Bangladesh came under fire on Wednesday for arresting about 80 migrants who returned from Vietnam after protesting over false job offers, with human rights groups demanding their release.
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