In the report, the Migrant Asia Forum underlines that the gravity of the issue across the world was more devastating in scale than expected. They also mentioned that millions of cases of wage theft at the time of the pandemic would have gone unaddressed without proper monitoring and documentation. Apart from this, the Forum think that the migrants are hesitant or refuse to report or file a case in fear of retaliation from employers and in fear of being unable to pursue new employment opportunities. COUNTRIES OF DESTINATION The report said that 32.33 per cent of the total casework was registered in the UAE in the January- May 2021 period. In Saudi Arabia, 252 cases were registered followed by 182 cases in Kuwait and 95 cases in Malaysia. Though Philippines is not usually considered a country of destination, 60 cases of wage theft were registered by Indonesian construction workers in a group case. Except for 3 cases of domestic workers, all cases registered in China were from migrants in the fishing industry. The report mentions that the workers who filed cases regarding wage theft in the UAE were primarily from four countries. A total of 324 cases were from India, 13 from Bangladesh, 11 from Philippines and nine from Nepal. Saudi Arabia saw 124 cases registered from India, 63 cases from Bangladesh, 29 from Philippines, 20 and 16 cases registered from Nepal and Indonesia respectively. Malaysia saw a majority of cases from Indonesian workers (80) and workers from Nepal (14). All cases registered in relation to China were pertaining to Indonesian migrant workers. 43 cases registered in Bahrain were of Nepali migrant workers of a group case. 29 cases in Qatar were also registered by Nepali migrant workers. GENDER DISTRIBUTION 912 cases out of 1,113 cases were of male migrant workers and 201 of female migrant workers. Among countries of destination, Saudi Arabia registered the highest number of cases of female migrant workers (80)