migrant worker
Example Sentences
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"Everyone is worried," said 29-year-old labourer Bunty Goswami, a migrant worker at a shut plant.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
"I will have to go hungry if I continue staying here without work," Sachin Parashar, a migrant worker, told a local news channel.
From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026
Mr Udaiyappan is a "migrant worker" - a term used in Singapore to describe the 1.17 million labourers who come to the wealthy city state from lower-income countries like Bangladesh, India and Myanmar.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025
In his speech, Mr. Kennedy called for tighter border controls and a temporary migrant worker visa program.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2024
His father was a Dominican migrant worker who met his mother picking blueberries in Cherryfield, got her pregnant, moved back to the D.R. to shack up with a local girl, and never looked back.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
