The UK-based watchdog discussed a new initiative: Migrant Workers in Gulf Construction. Available at business-humanrights.org, it is an interactive platform that aims to track construction companies on their performance and action related to migrant workers’ rights in the Persian Gulf region. There is also the matter of countries encouraging the flow of migrant workers to West Asia to combat unemployment at home, and twin it with earnings that migrant workers repatriate. The Indian companies join their Asian colleagues from South Korea, China, Japan, Malaysia and—an unsurprising reality—the Persian Gulf region. BHRRC’s new initiative, Migrant Workers in Gulf Construction, is an interactive platform that aims to track construction firms on their performance and action related to workers’ rightsPM Narendra Modi well-publicized meal with migrant workers in Qatar during his visit to that country was a display of solidarity with Indian workers, a sort of we-are-looking-out-for-you message.

Source: Mint June 09, 2016 21:43 UTC