Migrant workers on a construction project in the UAE, 2015. Credit: Iain Masterton / Alamy
The impact of the Gulf construction boom on migrant workers

FairSquare director James Lynch spoke this week to the Behind the Lines podcast, with Arthur Snell, about the impact of the Gulf construction boom on migrant workers, including the cumulative and serious risks to their health and the thousands of unexplained deaths each year.

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