HEALTH AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF MIGRANT CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FOR BIG SPORTING EVENTS

Abstract

Migrant construction workers, a subgroup of the world’s 164 million international labour migrants—the largest migrant group globally—leave their homes and families for employment opportunities in high income countries.1 Temporary jobs in construction industries meet demands in host countries and provide countries sending migrants and low skilled labourers with income, contributing to billions in remittances from high income countries each year