migrant worker
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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
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 2008, some 1,400 residents in Serangoon Gardens, an upper middle-class neighbourhood, petitioned against the construction of a migrant worker dormitory near their homes.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2025
Difficult memories of the city’s immigrant and migrant worker past are evoked.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2024
One day I was reading one such letter to a migrant worker named Phineas, when I was overcome with feelings and started crying.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
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