migrant worker

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Chris Williams, fisheries section co-ordinator at the International Transport Workers Federation, said there was a "structural, systemic problem" in migrant worker recruitment in the fishing industry.

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

"Everyone is worried," said 29-year-old labourer Bunty Goswami, a migrant worker at a shut plant.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Labour activists have for many years drawn attention to the problem of abuses of the large migrant worker population in Malaysia.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

Difficult memories of the city’s immigrant and migrant worker past are evoked.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024

Thus most of my classmates, starting with their seven weeks at the Academy, were becoming a kind of migrant worker.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover