"Coronavirus deepens risks for migrant workers in the Gulf," 1 May 2020

Closure of businesses in the Persian Gulf region [due to Covid-19] has hit low-income migrant workers particularly hard...

the Saudi and Bahraini governments have promised to cover any shortfalls in their own nationals' wages, most foreign workers... have been left out.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has changed its law to allow companies to break the work contracts of non-nationals, restructure contracts to lower salaries and pressure workers to take unpaid leave...

the World Bank said global shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic are causing the sharpest decline in remittances in recent history. The absence of these payments is "a loss of a crucial financial lifeline for many vulnerable households."