09/09/2020 South Asian migrant workers seek justice as wage theft worsens under coronavirus - Reuters have access to justice. “We are talking about large multinationals with the resources... to help migrant workers access the things they are entitled to,” she said. With their chances of returning to work low, many migrants desperately need those lost earnings. The World Bank forecasts remittances to South Asia will decline by 22% to $109 billion in 2020, hit by the global economic slowdown and oil price declines. Motapalkula returned to India in March and is already feeling the pinch. “My savings are running out and I have no job here,” he said. “I am trying, but it is becoming very hard for me and my family to survive. I want my wages back, I worked very hard to earn them.” Writing by Anuradha Nagaraj @AnuraNagaraj; Editing by Claire Cozens. Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers the lives of people around the world who struggle to live freely or fairly. Visit http://news.trust.org Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. MORE FROM REUTERS https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-migrants-wages-insight-trfn/south-asian-migrant-workers-seek-justice-as-wage-theft-worsens-under-cor… 5/12