The migrant workers of the Maldives
There are about 130,000 migrant workers in the Maldives, mostly from other South Asian countries.
16 Feb 2018, 9:00 AM
There are about 130,000 migrant workers in the Maldives. Most of them send their earnings back home to their families and the World Bank puts the country’s remittance outflows as US$379 million for 2016. People interviewed by the Maldives Independent described their work as tough and exhausting.
Saiful Islam is a 26-year-old Bangladeshi who has been in the Maldives for two years. He works on Thilafushi, an island where waste is dumped and burned. He earns a monthly salary of $250.
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