Virus traps poor foreign workers in deserted Maldives


Foreign workers from Bangladesh gathering in an alleyway of an accommodation block after being put under quarantine in the Maldives. – AFP pic, May 26, 2020.

TENS of thousands of impoverished foreign labourers have been left stranded and ostracised in one of the world’s most densely packed cities as the tourist paradise of the Maldives battles coronavirus.

The turquoise waters and pristine beaches that draw honeymoon couples from around the world have been empty for weeks since a government order to close all resorts. That has left an army of migrant workers jobless.


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