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...hostility toward immigrants extends far beyond the points of entry. On Feb. 2, an Indian immigrant was beaten and set on fire by local youths in Nettuno, near Rome. Last month, two unidentified men in Athens threw acid on the face of a Bulgarian migrant worker. Xenophobia and competition for scarce jobs was blamed for the rampages last summer in South Africa that killed scores of immigrants from Zimbabwe and Mozambique...
...government has budgeted nearly $60 million in relief aid for the drought, but that may not be enough to help the millions of unemployed migrant workers returning home to the region in coming months. An estimated 20 million of the country's 130 million migrant laborers have been thrown out of work due to the global economic crisis. A lack of buying overseas has led to factory closures and layoffs in China's coastal manufacturing regions, and many people are heading back to their homes in the interior. Most came from farming regions, and local governments had hoped that agriculture...
...MILLION Migrant workers...
...MILLION Unemployed migrant workers...
...China Back to the Countryside In a further example of China's faltering economy--exports and overall growth were down significantly in the fourth quarter of 2008--some 15% of its migrant workers are now jobless. This labor force, composed of rural peasants who travel to cities for factory jobs, is the backbone of the country's manufacturing sector. The Chinese government has said it may increase its $585 billion stimulus plan...