Qatar’s migrant workers beg for food as Covid-19 infections rise | Global development | The Guardian
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The plight of low-wage workers in Qatar is repeated across the Gulf, where economies are almost entirely dependent on millions of migrant workers from south and southeast Asia and east Africa. Kuwait has reportedly seen a surge in the number of suicides among migrants. Workers in the UAE have described being “trapped” without work or a way to return home, while Saudi Arabia has deported thousands of Ethiopian domestic workers. A coalition of human rights organisations wrote to governments in the Gulf in April, warning that low-paid migrant workers remain “acutely vulnerable” to infection. They urged governments to take steps to reduce the economic impact of the outbreak.
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