How COVID-19 has affected international labour migration – and the path to enduring reintegration

May 31, 2021

Migrant workers and their families wait in lines outside a railway station to board a train to their home state of eastern West Bengal, after authorities eased lockdown restrictions that were imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ahmedabad, India, June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Amit Dave TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2RBH9F7GLD

Migrant workers need greater economic and social protections – here's how governments can help. Image: REUTERS/Amit Dave TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC2RBH9F7GLD

Maria A. Villalba

Founder and Director, Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation

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