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
Mr Udaiyappan is a "migrant worker" - a term used in Singapore to describe the 1.17 million labourers who come to the wealthy city state from lower-income countries like Bangladesh, India and Myanmar.
From BBC • Jul. 31, 2025
Difficult memories of the city’s immigrant and migrant worker past are evoked.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2024
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
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
