migrant worker

Example Sentences

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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

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

"Today I feel Arabic. Today I feel African. Today I feel gay. Today I feel disabled. Today I feel like a migrant worker."

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Mladenova also pointed out that the statue is the only public monument in Berlin that speaks to Germany’s Korean diaspora, which got its start with a migrant worker program in the 1960s.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 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