Stranded with no income no work the pandemic or shes millions of Migrant Workers out of a job and that families back home go hungry so who should look after the. Crisis change the way wealthy countries use foreign labor this is inside story. Hello welcome to the program. Farm workers are often the backbone of many societies they are doctors nurses shop assistants and manages all this take low skilled work the citizens of wealthy nations wont do they have families back home depending on the money they send but millions of Migrant Workers have seen their livelihoods evaporate as the corona virus spreads economies all over the world have been hit by the effects of lockdowns salaries are being cut or staff fired as business dries up the World Bank Says global remittances will drop by 20 percent this year the sharpest fall in recent history Migrant Workers sent home 554000000000 dollars last year a wreck or remittances overtalk Foreign Direct Investment as the biggest source of money flowin
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