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South Korea sends plane to repatriate workers detained in US raid amid tensions

South Korea has dispatched a government-chartered plane to bring home hundreds of its citizens detained during the largest single-site immigration raid in recent U.S. history. The incident, which targeted workers at a Hyundai-LG Energy Solution battery plant in Georgia, has strained diplomatic ties between......

Four Syrian workers injured in Israeli drone strike on quarry in Khiam

Four Syrian workers were injured on Monday after an Israeli drone targeted a quarry in Khiam, located in the Marjeyoun district of southern Lebanon, according to local sources and the Lebanese Ministry of Health. Earlier in the day, Israeli drones also dropped sound bombs on Ramieh, in the Bint Jbeil......

Moroccan and Nepalese workers to fill labor gap at Serbian Fiat factory

Eight hundred workers from Morocco and Nepal are set to join the Fiat factory in Kragujevac, Serbia, as the company grapples with a labor shortage caused by insufficient local interest in the offered wages. According to Serbian media, this decision aims to address the factory's operational needs......

South Korea charts a path toward a cohesive multicultural future

In South Korea, a country long proud of its ethnic homogeneity, the rising number of foreign residents—now 2.11 million, or 4.1% of the population—has brought new challenges and opportunities. As the nation nears official multicultural status, Seoul is actively managing migrant integration......

Network of exploitation: Moroccan workers trapped in Europe's modern-day slavery

A recent investigation by Corriere Milano has unveiled alarming details about a criminal network operating in Italy's Parco delle Groane, exploiting young Moroccan men under the guise of drug trafficking. This case sheds light on a widespread system of labor exploitation across Europe that targets......

Moroccan household debt declines slightly in 2024, government workers remain most indebted

Moroccan households saw a modest reduction in their debt burden in 2024, with the average debt-to-income ratio falling to 34%, down from 35% in 2023. The findings come from the 2024 annual financial stability report, jointly published by Bank Al-Maghrib (BAM), the Insurance and Social Welfare Control......

Boeing workers strike after rejecting contract offer

More than 3,200 union workers responsible for assembling Boeing fighter jets in the St. Louis area and Illinois initiated a strike on Monday after rejecting a revised contract proposal. This marks the second rejection in just over a week. Boeing's response and contingency measures Boeing Defense......

Spain’s workforce grows by over 1 million foreigners in a decade

Spain has added more than 1.4 million foreign workers to its labor force over the past decade, according to new data. Economists view this trend as essential for sustaining the country’s welfare and pension systems amid an aging population. A decade of growth in foreign labor Figures from Spain's......

Spain faces critical immigrant pay gap as economy eyes 25 million migrant workers

A new global study reveals that immigrant workers in Spain earn nearly a third less than Spanish nationals, highlighting structural inequalities within the labor market as the country braces for a major demographic shift. The research, led by the University of Oslo and published in Nature Journal,......