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

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