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Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell

Blood, toil, tears, and sweat: the plight of migrant labourers in the Gulf

Mar 24, 2025
54:32

Every year, tens of thousands of labourers in the wealth countries of the Gulf, most of them migrants from South Asia, die in unsafe working conditions on construction sites. As the GCC states pour enormous resources into developing their infrastructure, little attention is paid to the plight of the people doing the actual building work. I spoke to James Lynch of FairSquare, a UK-based non-profit that researches and advocates for the rights of labourers in the Gulf.


https://fairsq.org/


Assistant Producer: Japji Oberoi


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