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

France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, promised to build the Summer Olympics safely, free of the construction hazards and migrant worker abuses that tarnished soccer’s 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

From New York Times • May 8, 2024

Yotam and the two other slain hostages were held with Wichian Temthong, a Thai migrant worker.

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024

One migrant worker interviewed was a minor who had skipped school to work at the Holiday Inn LAX.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023

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