A recent petition filed the Kerala High Court to create a system to assist NRIs who have lost their jobs abroad and returned to India, to demand due to compensation, reveals the precarious conditions in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries of migrant workers.
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In early July, on a petition seeking to create a system to assist NRIs who had lost their employment abroad and had returned to India to demand due compensation, the Kerala High Court issued a notice to the Central and State governments. The petition exposes the precarious conditions in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries for migrant workers.
The crisis has been used by employers, particularly construction companies, as an opportunity to reduce masses of migrant labour without paying them salaries or allowances.