カテゴリー: Migration and development
Glove manufacturer Supermax has repeatedly won NHS contracts during the pandemic, despite claims of forced labour. Now, a group of former workers are seeking justice“I don’t have any dreams for the future because every dream depends on money,” says Res…
Migrant workers employed at Expo 2020 allege confiscated passports, racial discrimination and withheld wagesSecurity guards, cleaners and hospitality staff at Dubai’s Expo 2020 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are allegedly working in highly abusive c…
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One was a young footballer, another a dentist. Their shocking deaths haunt the families who could not stop their desperate bids to escapeWhen Zaki Anwari scaled the fence of Kabul airport, he was determined to escape. The 17-year-old footballer with th…
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Salima Mazari, one of only three female district governors in Afghanistan, tells of her motivation to fight the militantsIt is early morning in Charkint, in the northern Balkh province of Afghanistan, but a meeting with the governor is already well und…
As the conflict intensifies amid the withdrawal of US-led forces, a new wave of families are being forced to flee via perilous routes to Iran and TurkeyA weary Zebah Gul and her eight children are gathered quietly in a small room at a transit centre in…
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Refugee organisation says 30m new displacements last year were due to floods, storms or wildfiresIntense storms and flooding triggered three times more displacements than violent conflicts did last year, as the number of people internally displaced wor…
In the half century since independence, the capital has grown from peaceful town to economic hub. But does it live up to the dreams of those still flocking to work there?‘Bangladesh has come a long way’: people of Dhaka on half a century of independenc…
Whole communities supported by overseas work are at risk of extreme poverty after the pandemic forced thousands homeCoronavirus – latest updatesRead more in the series: The return of extreme povertyWhen the pandemic forced Firoza Begum back to Banglade…