Remittances
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From Seoul to Pyongyang: the secret remittance networks keeping North Korean families alive
The clandestine networks were almost decimated by Covid border closures and are now under threat from a crackd…
- Africa, Employment, Fifa, Football, Global development, Kenya, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Qatar, Remittances, South and Central Asia, Sport, Workers' rights, World Cup, World Cup 2022, World news
World Cup security guards still jailed in Qatar after dispute over unpaid wages
Workers at World Cup 2022 venues fired as tournament ended and allegedly jailed or deported after trying to cl…
- Global development, Mental health, Middle East and North Africa, Nepal, Remittances, South and Central Asia, Suicide rates
Families mourn ‘devastating’ suicide rates among Nepal’s migrant workers
Almost 12% of Nepali migrant workers who die abroad, mainly in the Gulf and Malaysia, take their own livesWhen…
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‘No one should suffer like me’: families of Qatar’s dead migrant workers left with nothing
Qatar is a magnet for south Asian labour, but failure to investigate deaths leaves dependents without compensa…
- Global development, Middle East and North Africa, Qatar, Remittances, South and Central Asia, Workers' rights, World news
Up to 10,000 Asian migrant workers die in the Gulf every year, claims report
Campaigners say not enough is being done to prevent loss of life and the causes of death are not being properl…
- Coronavirus, Employment, Global development, Global health, Human rights, Nepal, Poverty, Remittances, South and Central Asia, World news
‘It’s as if there’s no Covid’: Nepal defies pandemic amid a broken economy
Cases appear low and sports venues are packed, but protests are on the rise as jobs are lost and personal debt…
- Bangladesh, Coronavirus, Global development, Hunger, Inequality, Middle East and North Africa, Migration, Migration and development, Poverty, Remittances, South and Central Asia, World news
‘Back empty-handed’: Bangladeshis cut off from jobs abroad face rising poverty
Whole communities supported by overseas work are at risk of extreme poverty after the pandemic forced thousand…