A couple earns ca US$200/day, or ₹14K in US motel, board, lodging incl. In Gujarat, many struggle to earn ₹10-12K/month

At least 2.7M Indians hold a regular visa in the United States, most of them having obtained sponsorship from an employer for the temporary H-1B visa, as highly educated and skilled foreign workers. Some 587,000 Indians — the second largest nationality in US universities after the Chinese students — are estimated to live in the […]

Number of child laborers reaches 160M globally: the case of Sri Lankan cities

The number of kids trapped in labor exploitation currently stands at 160M, up by 8.4M in the last four years. The increase took place especially in the 5 to 11 years old age group. Between 2000 and 2016, the number of child laborers dropped by 94M. In 2020, Sri Lanka — home to ca 22M […]