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Pradeesh Athekkatil, the youngest of ve brothers, had worked as a driver for a limousine company in the
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"You're looking at devastation on both sides of the corridor," said Shabarinath
Nair, a regional migration specialist at the International Labor Organization.
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International Organization for Migration found that half had lost their jobs in the
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When the pandemic hit, it left two of the Athekkatil brothers jobless and pushed
two others into a state of deep uncertainty. With tears in his eyes, Ramakrishnan
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recalled how the newspaper company where he had worked since 1999 in the
United Arab Emirates - rising from the printing plant to the bill collection
department - sent him a letter saying he was being let go.
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Pradeesh, 37, the youngest of the ve, had worked as a driver for a limousine
company doing airport pickups and drop-offs, also in the UAE. He said he wasn't
paid for three months and then the company asked drivers to go unpaid for
another three months.
"There are only 365 days in a year," Pradeesh said bitterly. Without jobs, the two
brothers had no choice but to go home.
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