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That view is echoed by Isobel Archer, Gulf project of cer of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre.
She said companies should take action to allow repatriated workers to le and follow up on claims of unpaid dues from abroad and
access documents in their home languages.
"Workers don't have any leverage when the labour system itself is not t for purpose," she said, adding that companies should not
need states to intervene to ensure their workers have access to justice.
"We are talking about large multi-nationals 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 per cent to $US109 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."
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