person testimony and court appearance or appearance in front of a tribunal/grievance mechanism are paramount. Coronavirus States Our Journalists Write-In Globally, the International Labour Organization (ILO) estimates 195 million jobs will be wiped out as a result of the pandemic. In the Middle East region alone, an estimated ve million jobs will be lost, many of those jobs are held by migrant workers. Since the start of the pandemic, more than 200,000 migrant workers have been repatriated to Asia from different parts of the world. This number is expected to rise exponentially over the next few months. migrant rights Migrant workers Related Stories lockdown Vande Bharat Mission repatriation wage theft