US: Building industry squeezes migrants’ remittances

By Jelena Kopanja

Wearing a hat emblazoned with a bald eagle and a U.S. flag, Gerardo waited with some 30 other men in front of a 7-Eleven in Alexandria, Virginia hoping a builder or contractor would come by to offer a job. The Sunday morning cold was a minor inconvenience. Lack of papers and, more recently, lack of work were bigger worries.

South Korea: over 200 migrant workers died in 2007

By Kim Tae-jong

A total of 217 foreign workers have died here over the last three years with about half of their deaths attributed to heart attacks and other sudden causes.