28/07/2020 Human Rights Groups to Governments: Ensure Justice for Migrant Workers Sent Home Due to COVID-19 SUBSCRIBE LEADERSHIP & TRANSPARENCY Human Rights Groups to Governments: Ensure Justice for Migrant Workers Sent Home Due to COVID-19 Words by Mary Mazzoni JUN 11, 2020 A migrant worker walks home after his shift in Beijing, China, one of several top destination countries for migrant workers. (Image: A migrant worker walks home after his shift in Beijing, China, one of several top destination countries for migrant workers.) Every year, an estimated 164 million people cross national borders for work. The money they send home feeds, houses and clothes their families, who they don't see for months or even years at a time. As strangers in strange lands, their lives are often dif cult — and they're only growing harder in light of the new coronavirus. With businesses shuttered and the global economy at a standstill, countless migrant workers nd themselves in limbo. https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2020/migrant-workers-covid-19/120571 1/7

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