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COVID-19 will likely widen yawning migrant pay gap – U.N.

COVID-19 will likely widen yawning migrant pay gap – U.N.

EMMA BATHA MIGRANTS earn up to 42% less than national workers in high-income countries, with the COVID-19 pandemic likely to exacerbate the pay gap and women worse affected than men, according to U.N. labour experts. The pay discrepancy has widened markedly in many countries in the last five years, notably Cyprus, Italy, Portugal and Ireland, according to research by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The U.N. agency said much of the overall migrant pay gap could not be explained by differences in education, skills or experience, and was likely due to entrenched discrimination. There are an estimated 164 million migrant…
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