Qatar migrant workers ‘treated like animals’
Qatar World Cup workers' hell - builders treated like slaves, stripped of rights. (18 Oct) - Qatar's construction sector is rife with abuse, Amnesty International (AI) has said in a report published as work begins on Fifa World Cup 2022 stadiums. Amnesty says migrant workers are often subjected to non-payment of wages,...
Hong Kong sets its first poverty line
HONG KONG, Sept. 28 -- Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Saturday chaired the first Commission on Poverty Summit, at which Chief Secretary and Chairman of the commission Carrie Lam announced the poverty line for 2012 to be 50 percent of median monthly household income before tax and welfare transfers. The 2012 poverty...
UK’s Labour FINALLY admits it let in too many immigrants
Chris Bryant confessed it was wrong to ditch controls on Polish and other workers in 2004. (15 Aug) - Labour made a humiliating climbdown over immigration last night after its spokesman finally admitted opening the floodgates to Eastern European migrants was a mistake. Chris Bryant said it was wrong to ditch controls on Polish...
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