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19 Sep 2003

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Human Rights Watch

Dubai: Migrant Workers at Risk - World Bank should promote treaty to protect migrants

The World Bank should help end the exploitation and abuse of migrant workers in the Persian Gulf and beyond, Human Rights Watch said as the international financial institution prepares to hold its annual meetings in Dubai. In a letter to President Jim Wolfensohn, Human Rights Watch called on the World Bank to champion an international convention for the protection of migrants that recently entered into force.