In Taiwan, migrants flee oppressive workplaces for life on the periphery
The island’s population of undocumented migrants has doubled since 2021 amid concerns about rigid broker system.
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Labour prosecutors allege that workers were brought to Brazil illegally and toiled in ‘slavery-like conditions’.
The bill proposes sweeping changes, including Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and enacting deep cuts to social programmes.
The strike leaves hundreds of thousands of commuters in New Jersey and New York without rail access.
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Having helped to build a flagship arena, 14 workers were promised their papers. To date, they remain undocumented.
![Between 2023 and 2024, according to official figures, the number of undocumented workers who were regularised dipped by 10 percent [Phineas Rueckert/Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/P1120533-1744924737.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
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South Korea’s wildly popular Netflix show has brought renewed focus on a history of brutality towards the homeless.
Rights group urges Canada to end ‘closed’ work permits that leave migrant workers vulnerable to exploitation and abuse.
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Trump’s tech allies are at loggerheads with the MAGA camp over a visa programme that brings in foreign workers.
