Rights bodies call for an urgent justice mechanism for
repatriated migrants
Staff Correspondent


Published: 2 June 2020, 1:51

Returnees | File Photo

Five leading Asian civil society orgnisations and trade unions in a statement on Monday
demanded creation of a justice mechanism for repatriated migrant workers.
The organisations said the migrant workers are being repatriated from various destination
countries without any protection mechanism in place.
The justice mechanism will ensure receipt of their due wages and other bene ts, the rights
bodies hoped.

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