The ongoing conflict in the Gulf region, fueled by the situation in Iran, is causing hardship and danger for Asian migrant workers. Disruptions to fuel supply and job threats are compounded by the loss of life, with numerous fatalities among workers from various Asian countries. Despite repatriation efforts, many workers are forced to stay due to economic dependence on remittances, facing uncertain futures and limited options amid the conflict's impacts on their home economies.
Dubai: The war in the Iran has made life harder for Asians, not just because of the disruption to the fuel supply due to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, but on a more immediate level, because of the threats to the jobs of Asians working in the region.
Asia is the largest source of migrant workers across the globe. There are more than 115 million international migrants from Asia. About 69 million of them work across different parts of the region, and more than 50% of Asian labour deployment goes to Gulf Cooperation Council countries. Some of the major sources of migrant workers are India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and the Philippines. And now, the war has put many lives and jobs in danger. However, many of Asia’s migrant workers can’t afford to, or simply can’t come home.The first fatality in Israel was a Filipina caregiver living in Tel Aviv who was the victim of a missile attack on March 1. She and the woman she was caring for were rushed to the hospital after the apartment where they lived was struck, and while the woman survived, the 32-year-old Filipina passed away. On March 31, India’s Ministry of External Affairs announced that eight Indian nationals had died and one person was missing in various incidents in the Gulf region.report, at least 12 South Asian workers have been killed amid the conflict, including a man from Nepal who worked as a security guard in Abu Dhabi and another from Bangladesh who was killed in Dubai during Ramadan.Although there have been a number of repatriation flights from the Middle East, some Asian workers have chosen to stay on despite the danger in the region, as their families are dependent on their remittances. With several Southeast Asian economies drastically affected by the conflict, shrinking job prospects and the likelihood of more hardships to come, workers are deciding to stay put. Domestic workers from the Philippines, for example, are living with the reality of daily bombings in different Gulf states, but opt to stay to give their families chances of a better life. Finally, there are seafarers who are stuck on ships on the Persian Gulf, with the vessels where they work marooned on the Strait of Hormuz. The International Maritime Organization says there are 20,000 such seafarers. According to the organisation, around 20 commercial vessels have come under attack since the conflict started, with 10 seafarers and one shipyard worker killed, and four remaining missing. /TISGWhat Singaporeans are saying after the Prime Minister warns of severe consequences from Middle East energy disruptions, convenes ministerial task forceSINGAPORE: Singapore’s public housing resale price index edged 0. 1% lower in the first quarter of the year, according to flash estimates released by the Housing and Development Board on Wedn...document.addEventListener=>{ const trigger=document.getElementById; if { const observer=new IntersectionObserver=>{ entries.forEach { lazyLoader; // You should define lazyLoader elsewhere or inline here observer.unobserve; // Run once } }); }, { rootMargin: '800px', threshold: 0.1 }); observer.observe; } else { // Fallback setTimeout; } });What Singaporeans are saying after the Prime Minister warns of severe consequences from Middle East energy disruptions, convenes ministerial task forcePigeons nested in Chinatown Building, and it is suspected that they also threw"bird droppings" during the move. 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