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Belgium's Turkish miners, the last of the line

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Khoojinian, Mazyar

HesaMag

2021

24

48-49

migrant worker ; coal mining ; miner ; working conditions ; health impact assessment

Belgium ; Turkey

Occupational safety and health

http://www.etui.org/

English

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"Turkey provided the last great wave of immigrant labour for Belgium's coal mines, at a time when the industry had already reached the stage of terminal decline. The proportion of underground workers who were Turks rose from 10% to 20% between 1964 and 1974, peaking at a quarter during the 1980s. But what were their working conditions, and how did these impact on their health?"

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