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China Photos/Getty Images A migrant-worker family prepares to return to their hometown on Feb. 20, after the jeans factory at Dadun Village where they worked was closed.
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Officials previously estimated that 18 million to 23 million of them -- about 13% to 15% of the migrant-worker population -- had lost their jobs as of January.
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Shortly afterward, the Federal Emergency Relief Administration provided funding for two emergency migrant-worker camps in California.
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They include wrecking balls knocking down beloved small businesses; schoolchildren dragging their migrant-worker parents, who have never been in a restaurant, into a KFC; human-powered vehicles in a land of high-rises, evoked by the canopied pedicab set against construction cranes, as depicted on the book's cover.
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A few rural disturbances and pockets of migrant-worker shortages in Guangdong are said to signal the end of the low-cost gravy train, but few buy this.
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In attempting to return the child to his migrant-worker mother who has been summarily deported from Israel, she embarks on a remarkable journey full of drama and humor that brings deep meaning to her life.
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For all the dire warnings about migrant-worker unrest, Beijing now seems very comfortable with the risks.
China Is On The Move 2007
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ANC demands concerning the release of up to 400 political prisoners, a ban on dangerous weapons in public places and movement to upgrade migrant-worker hostels seen as launching pads for violence against the ANC.
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The South African government will not fence migrant-worker hostels implicated in township violence, government sources said on Thursday.
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Last week, the ANC said that the resumption of talks could be torpedoed by a reported government decision not to implement a promise to the ANC to fence migrant-worker hostels, seen as sources of violence against urban black communities.
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