VIJAYAWADA: Around 36% of Non-Resident Telugus (NRTs) from AP, who returned from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, did not have their passport or work visa with them, according to a recent survey conducted by Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu Soceity (APNRTS).
The survey has found that these migrants were lured by agents and granted work through illegal channels.
This leaves them prone to exploitation. In a bid to understand the problems faced by migrant workers in Gulf countries, APNRTS conducted a comprehensive survey on migrant returnees from GCC and South East Asia countries.
Of the 50,944 returnees, close to 40% of them had returned from Kuwait, 25% from UAE, 9 % from Qatar and other GCC countries.
The survey revealed that 54% of the migrants had educational qualification of class 10 or below while graduates and degree holders constitute 25%.
"Unskilled and semi-skilled migrant workers are largely involved in low category domestic works such as house maids, cooks, bearers and gardeners at houses, shops, farms ."
