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Beaten with machine parts, wages unpaid: 100 Adivasi workers from Jharkhand face abuse at textile factory in DMK-ruled Tamil Nadu

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Over 100 Adivasi workers from Jharkhand returned home after alleging physical assault and captivity at a textile factory in DMK-run Tamil Nadu.
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Saudi Arabia ends Kafala system: What it was, why it was dubbed ‘modern slavery,’ and how it will benefit millions of foreign workers? Explained

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Saudi Arabia has abolished its 50-year-old Kafala sponsorship system, often called "modern-day slavery," granting 13 million migrant workers the freedom to change jobs and travel without employer consent.
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Punjab’s anti-migrant row: Khalistani terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun threatens migrant workers to leave the state or face consequences, warns against celebrating Diwali

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Gurpatwant Singh Pannun orders migrants to leave Punjab by 19th October and lauches a tirade against Hindutva.
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Punjab’s ‘backbone of the economy’ faces exodus: Vigilantes and Panchayats rally against migrant workers after 5-year-old boy’s murder in Hoshiarpur – here is what...

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Migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, crucial to Punjab’s agriculture and industry, face hostility after Hoshiarpur murder. Industry leaders warn that forced exodus could cripple fields and factories, urging Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to intervene immediately.
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Labourers from UP-Bihar not allowed inside villages while locals embracing Christianity or migrating to Canada – tragedy of Punjab that not many want to...

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Several villages in Punjab have imposed several restrictions on migrant workers from other states, including what they wear
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Punjab: Don’t be seen after 9 PM, no consumption of Paan and Gutkha, no smoking – Village in Mohali district issues restrictions for migrant...

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The eleven restrictions imposed in a village of Kharar sub-district on migrant workers include a ban on movement after 9 PM, no smoking or chewing tobacco and others. Multiple display boards were placed across the village explaining the restrictions.
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‘Impart Dravidian ideology on migrant workers, teach them self-respect’: Kattappa-fame actor Sathyaraj mocks migrant workers, had supported ‘Eradicate Sanatan’ remark

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Actor Sathyaraj said that the migrant workers “should be taught what is self-respect” and it was imperative to impart “principles of the Dravidian model and ideology” to the them
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Tamil Nadu: Labour crisis grips Tiruppur as UP migrants return home over increased job opportunities with the consecration of Ram Mandir

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Tiruppur's loss has benefited apparel units in Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The Noida apparel cluster houses 3,000 units and expects to generate Rs 40,000 crore in export revenue this fiscal year.
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As ecosystem tried to allege all was normal, 4 people arrested in Tamil Nadu for assaulting migrant workers

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The Left ecosystem, led by Mohammed Zubair, tried to project that there were no attacks against migrants in Tamil Nadu.
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RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh raises concern about ‘slave labor like conditions’ for FIFA World Cup preparations in Qatar at the Geneva labor conference

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Amnesty International and other rights groups had called on FIFA to set aside $440 million to compensate migrant workers in Qatar for human rights abuses

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