19 workers seek help to return from Cameroon
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Bokaro: Nineteen migrant workers from Bokaro and Hazaribag districts, allegedly stuck in Cameroon for over four months, have released a video message on social media, urging the govt to bring them home.
District labour superintendent Ranjit Kumar on Thursday said, "The state migrant control cell has been informed."
Of the 19 workers, eight are from Gomia and Nawadih blocks in Bokaro.
In their video message, the workers said 11 of them have not been paid for four months and the rest for two months. They are reportedly starving and without drinking water and other essentials, they claimed.
The workers, which were employed by a Cameroon company, urged both the state and the Union govts to relieve them of their misery.
Social activist Sikandar Ali said, "This is not the first such incident. Several workers were stranded in the past after they went abroad for a better income."
Stating that migrants continue to ignore risks, Ali said the govt should create more employment opportunities to prevent migration.
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