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Kids found working in Michigan fruit fields

Adkin Blue Ribbon Blueberry Co. is under scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Labor after investigators found children as young as six working in the fields.

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Construction Sites Pose Health Risks For Migrant Workers

Migrant workers face greater health and safety risks at construction sites.

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Near 3000 Cars Abandoned In Dubai Due To Economy

Dubai was emerging as an economic power. Now it too struggles with unemployed workers. Once rising city is now shrinking because of the global falling economy.

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Life Without 'Daddy' In Tajikistan

Not all of the 1 million Tajik men who've gone abroad for work left behind wives and young children. But many did, and struggling families are finding that the direct and indirect costs of such migrant lifestyles are higher than they imagined.

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France To Let In Eastern Workers

France President Nicholas Sarkozy says France will open its labour market in July to migrants from eight EU members in Central and Eastern Europe.

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Bhutanese Youth Face Rising Unemployment as Migrant Workforce Grows

The tiny, isolated Himalayan nation of Bhutan is experiencing record economic growth. But some experts are concerned about rising rates of unemployment among the country's youth as a growing migrant workforce takes many of the new jobs.

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Dutch minister criticises Turkish PM On Imigrants

Dutch Integration Minister Ella Vogelaar has criticised Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's recent speech to Turkish immigrants in Germany.

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Chinese senior official calls for protection of migrant workers' rights, interests

China's State Council, the cabinet, held an inter-ministerial meeting Tuesday to discuss the issue of protecting the rights and interests of migrant workers from the countryside.

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Urban unemployment declines to 4%

Urban unemployment declined to 4 percent in China by the end of 2007 amid increased government efforts to improve people's livelihood, the labor ministry said Monday.

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East European immigration in UK slows

The number of eastern European workers registering in the UK has dropped for the second quarter in a row.

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Tajikistan Asks Russia To Accept More Migrant Workers

Tajikistan has asked Russia to ease restrictions on migrant labor to allow one-third more Tajiks into the country than planned this year.

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