The inequality and vulnerability that laborers from places like Nepal face overseas also stalk them in death, when dreams evaporate.
Tag: Foreign Workers
This Country’s Top Judges Were All Foreigners. Now They’re Gone.
The president’s suspension of five jurists in the Pacific nation of Kiribati highlights the outsize role noncitizen judges play in the region.
Qataris Say Criticism of Country Amid World Cup Is Rooted in Stereotypes
Many in the country say the barrage of criticism about its human rights record and the exploitation of migrant workers is laced with discrimination and hypocrisy.
As U.K. Braces for Painful Budget Cuts, the Mood Is Gloomy
Swindon, west of London, has reinvented itself several times, always a rung lower on the economic ladder. Now it awaits another step down.
As U.K. Braces for Painful Budget Cuts, the Mood Is Gloomy
Swindon, west of London, has reinvented itself several times, always a rung lower on the economic ladder. Now it awaits another step down.
Will Qatar Be Ready for the World Cup?
As sports fans prepare to flood the tiny Gulf nation, cranes and loaders are still running hard — as is criticism of Qatar’s human rights record and exploitation of workers.
Canada Aims to Add 1.45 Million Immigrants by 2025
The policy would increase immigration one week after the country’s census agency announced that Canada had set a new milestone in immigration.
Yascha Mounk on What Democracy Needs to Survive
The author and educator explains that making diverse democracies work is difficult and offers suggestions on how they can succeed.
Few South Koreans Are Having Babies. A Mayor’s Answer? More Nannies.
The mayor of Seoul wants to ease the high cost and low supply of babysitters in the country to encourage more couples to have children.
A Woman Alone in Oman: Three Weeks Along the Arabian Coast
In December, a photographer set off on a 2,600-mile road trip, traveling from the Yemeni border to the Strait of Hormuz. Here’s what she saw.