The promise of well-paid jobs is too strong a lure to resist, despite the lack of protection from their home government and those they work under.
hundreds of drones and missiles on Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities, as the six-month war in the Middle East threatened to spiral out of control.
At the heart of the problem is India’s deepening unemployment. While 6.6 per cent of Indians in urban areas are unemployed, 17 per cent youth under the age of 29 areThe desire for decent pay is the prime reason behind international migration. People on the move tend to ignore risks associated with countries that are politically unstable.
An important indicator of the level of migration from India is the volume of remittances. The World Bank reports thatOverseas migrant workers are as important to the country as the ones still at home. Despite this, little or no attention is paid to the appalling conditions Indian workers live in abroad.revealed the alarming living and working conditions of migrant workers in the UK care industry. Some were working 72 hours a week, others underpaid, or not paid at all.
There is no all-encompassing long-term policy in India to protect her migrant workers in foreign lands.Even as the government rejects migration as a right, the only law that is applicable is the outdated Indian Emigration Act of 1983.for overseas migrant workers. The government ensures an insurance cover of about $US12,000 and registered recruitment agents are duty-bound to rescue workers in the event they are faced with any problem.
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