In February, the news that 1.5 million Bangladeshi migrant workers are set to come to our shores in February were met with xenophobic backlash. We examine the vitriol towards our migrant workers, the human rights abuses along the way, and contrast them with the migration crisis taking place in Europe later in the year. The full interviews mentioned in this podcast are available here, here and here. 

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Tags:  The Bigger Picture,  Live and Learn,  migration crisis,  IOM,  PSM,  Bar Council,  refugees,  migrant workers,  foreign workers,  xenophobia,  Brexit,  Trump,  racism,  hate crime,  hate speech