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  2. 2024 Helong civil unrest - Wikipedia

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    Per the newspaper, some of the migrant workers had been in China for several years, as they were unable to return to North Korea due to border lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] According to The Japan News , following the border closures, the North Korean enterprises withheld all money from the workers for "war preparation funds".

  3. COVID-19 pandemic in mainland China - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, however, with highly infectious Omicron strains impacting the feasibility of China's Zero-COVID policy, public discourse inside China became increasingly divided between citizens in favor of the stringent policies as a matter of both national pride and public health necessity, and people such as university students, migrant workers ...

  4. Xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic

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    In December 2020, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha said illegal immigration was behind a new wave of COVID-19 infection in the country. Migrant workers from neighboring Myanmar bore the brunt of the blame, including incendiary social media posts advocating violence, such as "wherever you see Myanmar people, shoot them down," and refusal of ...

  5. Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on migration - Wikipedia

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    Low-income migrant workers tend to live in crowded housing, perform strenuous work, and eat poorly, all of which put them at higher risk of contracting COVID-19. The share of immigrant workers living in poverty is high in several OECD countries (32 percent in Spain, 25 percent in the United States, and 30 percent in Italy in 2017).

  6. North Korean migrant workers - Wikipedia

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    China hosts the largest amount of North Korean migrant workers, estimated at 80,000 by the East–West Center and National Committee on North Korea in 2019. [10] Most North Korean migrant labourers in China work in textiles and garments, though many also work in the food processing industry, particularly in seafood processing.

  7. UAE's migrant workers fret over future in coronavirus economy

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    The coronavirus crisis has taken a heavy toll on the economies of the oil-rich Gulf, heavily reliant on low-paid foreign workers. UAE's migrant workers fret over future in coronavirus economy Skip ...

  8. COVID-19 pandemic in China - Wikipedia

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    The COVID-19 pandemic in China is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). China was the first country to experience an outbreak of the disease, the first to impose drastic measures in response (including lockdowns and face mask mandates), and ...

  9. Migrant worker - Wikipedia

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    In 2012, there were a reported 167 million migrant workers in China, with trends of working closer to home within their own or a neighbouring province but with a wage drop of 21%. Because so many migrant workers are moving to the city from rural areas, employers can hire them to work in poor working conditions for low wages. [16]