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The Press is reporting that migrant workers made redundant are being forced out of New Zealand in droves or ending up destitute on the streets. Mike Bell, director of the Skilled Migrant Information and Resource Centre in Christchurch said the...
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The National government has made changes to the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme which allows overseas workers, mainly from the Pacific, to work in New Zealand...
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It is well-known, at least outside the Arab world, that all the [former] glamor of Dubai is built on the backs of abused Asian migrant workers.
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