In Gulf economies, lost migrant jobs and remittances risk plunging millions across Asia into crisis
Around 35 million of these migrant workers are based in large concentrations in the Gulf region. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Qatar in particular, where close to 90 per cent of the population are non-nationals, migrant workers are part of an extraordinary social experiment, filling positions that the small native populations have come to depend on.
As a recent Reuters report noted, these are “economies that have been built on the back of migrant workers driven by poverty wages, job insecurity, absence of paid leave.”
Source: News - South China Morning Post
