The census for the first time counted migrant workers where they were living, rather than where they were registered.
It's similar to the glamorous Olympic stadiums that were all constructed by migrant workers, who then left town before the Games began.
There is some evidence that European economies that have taken in many migrant workers have also benefited, not only in total output but also in terms of GDP per head.
The army comprised of both the local and migrant soldiers.
The losses are rippling down to migrant shopkeepers who cater to them, and to workers' families, who rely on remittances.
The miners, one of whom is a Bolivian migrant, will doubtless enjoy their brief moment of international celebrity, with books and films already in the works.
That figure may be too alarmist: there are signs that urban factories are running out of migrant labour, and reports that bad working and living conditions in some cities are deterring the rural poor.
And they are migrant workers. They work all day and can't care for their children.
Hawks in the opposition are already baying for the expulsion of thousands of illegal migrant workers from Armenia and for a ban on flights between Armenia and Turkey.
Recently, I'd begun to ask myself: How would it feel to be a migrant abandoning the countryside for the urban unknown, or a small-town tourist facing off against the metropolis?
The problematization of“ runaway migrants” mirrors the stringent control and discipline imposed upon migrant workers in Taiwan.
It is just possible that America may yet salvage an agreement. Since Kyrgyzstan faces energy shortages and a mass return of migrant labourers from Russia, it may be susceptible to persuasion.
In those early pioneering days, much of port activities relied on Chinese migrant coolies to do the heavy manual work.
New migrant wealth also threatens to shake up the ancestral balance of power.
A tier-one country has confirmed resistance; a tier-two country is one that neighbours or has a significant migrant flow from a tier-one country. Tier three includes everywhere else, including Africa.
Schools do not receive extra funding for migrant pupils; many claim they are full, or charge hefty illicit fees.
We should not assume that the default mode of every migrant is protest — more often, the urge to leave wins out over everything else.
However, high unemployment is prompting many migrant-receiving countries to tighten immigration quotas, which would probably slow the growth of remittance flows.
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