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Migrant workers bear brunt of coronavirus pandemic in Gulf
Rights groups say host countries should offer foreign workers same protections as citizensCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCrammed into work camps, stood down from their jobs, facing high rates of infection and with no way home, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers are bearing the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic in the Middle East, migrant advocates and diplomats say.Such workers’ risk of exposure to Covid-19 is so high, rights groups say, that host countries need to offer the same protections granted to their citizens or face the threat of a rampant outbreak that proves ever more difficult to contain. Continue reading...
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