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date: 15 March 2025

Guest Workers. 

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
Author(s):
Triadafilos TriadafilopoulosTriadafilos Triadafilopoulos

Guest workers are migrant laborers recruited to work in a host state temporarily. Unlike immigrants, their settlement in the receiving country is neither expected nor desired. It is their temporariness that makes them appealing to employers interested in expanding their supply of flexible labor. Guest workers schemes have been employed since the late nineteenth century and may be usefully seen as a consequence of industrialization and the rise of nation-states.... ...

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