US: recruiters abuse on Indian migrants

By Ginger Gibson, Jatin Gandhi and Presley Thomas

The 120 workers who walked out of Signal International facilities in Mississippi last week rallied outside the office of the lawyer, who acted as a recruiter to bring them from India to the United States. “The reason we gave up our homes to come here was to get permanent residency,” said Vijaka Kumaran, 34. Kumaran sold his wife’s jewellery to get the $15,000 he was charged to go to the US.

China: migrant workers like slaves to Olympic projects

By Geoffrey York

In the midst of a massive $40-billion pre-Olympic construction boom, Beijing employers are routinely violating China’s labour law by cheating the migrant workers who provide the muscle for the boom, a new report says.