Foreign Workers
What Happens to the Migrant Workers Who Built the World Cup?
By Nicole Salazar, Pramod Acharya, Sarah Kerr and Ben Laffin •December 12, 2022 The World Cup was a $220 billion construction project powered by migrant workers. We went to Nepal — a major source of labor for Qatar — to find out what’s driving workers to do dangerous jobs that many say they can’t afford […]
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Pass the Chowder, and the Curry: Jamaican Chefs Add to Cape Cod’s Culinary Delights
At the Jerk Cafe, a storefront tucked into a strip mall in the Cape Cod village of South Yarmouth, Mass., sweet-smelling smoke greets guests as soon as they open the front door. So does the cafe’s proprietor, Glenroy Burke, who bounces around the wide-open kitchen stirring pots, tending the grill and plating dishes. “I don’t […]
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Illegal Immigration Is Down, Changing the Face of California Farms
To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android. GONZALES, Calif. — It looks like a century-old picture of farming in California: a few dozen Mexican men on their knees, plucking radishes from the ground, tying them into bundles. But the crews on Sabor Farms’ radish […]
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A Woman Alone in Oman: Three Weeks Along the Arabian Coast
I could barely tell where the salt ended and the sky began. I was on my way to Masirah, Oman’s largest island, when the surrounding terrain turned into a massive salt flat. At its edge, near the road, two Bangladeshi workers were up to their ankles in the mixture of liquid and minerals, pushing the […]
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They Grew Up Legally in the U.S., but Can’t Stay After They Turn 21
The family’s hopes of staying together in the United States ended in December, when Deva’s daughter turned 21. Having exhausted appeals for an extension and unable to apply for a different visa, the daughter moved to Canada days later. The effects on the family were far-reaching. A week before her daughter was set to leave, […]
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What to Know About 2022 World Cup Travel to Qatar
The most avidly followed sports event on earth, the FIFA World Cup, returns this fall — another chance to find out if what’s often been said about soccer is true: That 22 men chase a ball for 90 minutes, and the Germans always win. At the last World Cup, in 2018, the Germans didn’t win. […]
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Rich Countries Lure Health Workers From Low-Income Nations to Fight Shortages
LUSAKA, Zambia — There are few nurses in the Zambian capital with the skills and experience of Alex Mulumba, who works in the operating room at a critical care hospital. But he has recently learned, through a barrage of social media posts and LinkedIn solicitations, that many faraway places are eager for his expertise, too […]
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U.K. Trucking Shortage Endures Despite Plea for Foreign Drivers
In the weeks since the British government announced that it would offer 5,000 temporary visas to truck drivers from continental Europe, part of a campaign to reduce supply chain pressure in the run-up to Christmas, Lukasz Skopinski, a Polish trucker now working in the United Kingdom, has offered this advice to friends back home: Don’t […]
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Contending with the Pandemic, Wealthy Nations Wage Global Battle for Migrants
As the pandemic heads into a third year, a global battle for the young and able has begun. With fast-track visas and promises of permanent residency, many of the wealthy nations that drive the global economy are sending a message to skilled immigrants all over the world: Help wanted. Now. In Germany, where officials recently […]
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