http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7507000/7507060.stm
Increasingly desperate migrants from West Africa are crossing the Med on makeshift rafts, risking and sometimes losing their lives.
http://www.menassat.com/?q=en/news-articles/3877-sleeping-giant-foreign-workers-dubai
The sleeping giant: Foreign workers in Dubai | Menassat - long article describing working conditions in Dubai for East Asian workers. Scroll down to the video/photo essay for some evocative images.
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/531541-pakistani-workers-double-in-bahrain
Pakistani workers double in Bahrain - Construction & Industry - ArabianBusiness.com
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