12/01/2021 Unresolved Labour Cases Pileup at Indian Embassies - TheLeaflet During the COVID-19 outbreak, the Arab Gulf countries faced a different crisis as the oil price fell which pushed the companies to either halt or give up their projects. SUBSCRIBE FOR UPDATES Sonapur Camp in UAE. Feb 22, 2020. And when the projects were in trouble, thousands of migrant workers were forced to leave the country by giving up their salaries. The workers were seen as a liability by many companies during the COVID-19 outbreak. Holding back workers was extra expenses for companies. So, workers were hurriedly repatriated without clearing their pending salaries and end of service bene ts. The majority of the workers didn’t even get ample time to register their grievances, especially on pending wages, and there was no platform to do the same. According to the Manila-based Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), a regional network of migrant rights organisations, the COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted millions of migrant workers in destination countries, many of whom have experienced job loss or non-payment of wages, been forced by employers to take https://www.theleaflet.in/unresolved-labour-cases-pileup-at-indian-embassies/# 5/13