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A Path to Social Safety for Migrant Workers | Ashif Shaikh | TED

Hundreds of millions of migrant workers travel within their countries to seek out means of survival — often leaving behind all they know for months or even years. Many face poverty and exploitation, and they need a robust social safety net to protect them, says migrant advocate and 2023 Audacious Project grantee Ashif Shaikh. He…

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Hundreds of millions of migrant workers travel within their countries to seek out means of survival — often leaving behind all they know for months or even years. Many face poverty and exploitation, and they need a robust social safety net to protect them, says migrant advocate and 2023 Audacious Project grantee Ashif Shaikh. He shares how his grassroots organization Migrants Resilience Collaborative is making life-changing benefits like social security and health care accessible to those who need them while also amplifying migrant voices — paving the way towards a world that supports the workers actually building it. (This ambitious idea is a part of the Audacious Project, TED’s initiative to inspire and fund global change.)

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37 Comments

  1. @Bosephboto

    March 15, 2024 at 12:14 pm

    The path is back the way you came

  2. @stevo4535

    March 15, 2024 at 12:16 pm

    Illegal immigrants.

  3. @yourmom9608

    March 15, 2024 at 12:16 pm

    He is an anti national woke with a bent towards communism.

  4. @yourmom9608

    March 15, 2024 at 12:17 pm

    Pls go to Qatar and ask them what they did prior 2023 football world cup

  5. @statusvideosonlyy

    March 15, 2024 at 12:17 pm

    Its really a knowledge full video🎉🎉

  6. @ChrisC30

    March 15, 2024 at 12:28 pm

    The path to safety is to seek entry at the designated border entrance, and to apply for entry in GOOD FAITH. Not to sneak in at a non-entry point, falsify your ID, lie to people, and commit various crimes. It doesn’t require a TED talk. It’s dirt simple.

    • @shwetai4528

      March 18, 2024 at 5:53 am

      I assume you had the good fortune of being born in a country with some semblance of economic opportunity when so many do not. Do you think people immigrate illegally out of laziness? No. It is out of survival. Unfortunately the poorer you are, the less likely a country will take you on legally. To leave one’s family, community and country to come to a place where they are outsiders, doing low paid work and and risking being identified by authorities is utterly unpleasant, but is done out of necessity to put food on the table for their families. I am not saying I support illegal immigration, but for you to say that it is a “simple matter” reflects an undeniable lack of insight from your end.

    • @ChrisC30

      March 18, 2024 at 11:22 am

      @@shwetai4528 They can hash out all their issues, whatever they may be, when they seek legal entry at the designated points. If they do not, they have made a choice.

    • @VarunBehani

      March 19, 2024 at 12:22 am

      ​@@ChrisC30 The talk isn’t about cross-border migration. It’s about people who migrate within their countries and lack basic social protection. Each country is entitled to its own border policy, but surely we can all have empathy for the human situation even if we do not want our countries/livelihoods to be stressed because of it.

  7. @bhumiharpittu

    March 15, 2024 at 1:01 pm

    Beautiful Story

  8. @RC-fi4ix

    March 15, 2024 at 1:05 pm

    Ask them to come via the legal route. That helps everyone.

  9. @WillR-Cincy

    March 15, 2024 at 1:07 pm

    They have to dress appropriately in the US to be accepted socially

    • @fakharjafri3505

      March 16, 2024 at 7:01 pm

      “accepted socially” or more like “validated by me” 😂.

    • @RC-fi4ix

      March 16, 2024 at 10:35 pm

      Right. Adapt to the culture- we are a melted pot. Don’t want to “blend in”? Not a good plan

  10. @trickydickie1988

    March 15, 2024 at 1:19 pm

    Immigrants stay away,we have enough, We have rules in this country…

  11. @brochal76

    March 15, 2024 at 1:39 pm

    People are dying in the streets of Delhi every second because lack of food clean water and “real” medical care. Their system does not work.

    • @RC-fi4ix

      March 16, 2024 at 10:32 pm

      I am all for helping others build infrastructure in their own countries. We only cause more problems for all when we overload others that are doing OK (and this overload ensures we all fall).
      All countries do not have to same resources, same beliefs about what is most important and nor do they operate on the same economy (including healthcare).
      Help people right where they are, never forcing, always input from the people, who ate the “owners”.

    • @brochal76

      March 17, 2024 at 2:12 pm

      @@RC-fi4ix ? You all over the place with your topics. Calm down and express one thing at a time.

    • @brochal76

      March 17, 2024 at 2:14 pm

      @@RC-fi4ix ? Calm down. You all over the place with your topics. One thing at a time.

    • @brochal76

      March 17, 2024 at 2:17 pm

      @@RC-fi4ix ? You all over the place with your topics. Calm down and relax and express one thing at a time.

  12. @tomasgomes

    March 15, 2024 at 3:35 pm

    Come legally and adapt to our culture 👌🏼👌🏼

  13. @andycordy5190

    March 15, 2024 at 4:09 pm

    Amazing and humbling presentation. Than you!

  14. @timkiemdautu

    March 15, 2024 at 7:58 pm

    Hi❤The video is great. thank you very much❤🎉

  15. @user-dc8tc6pc3y

    March 15, 2024 at 9:21 pm

    I can improve my listening skill by watching these videos!!!

    • @KRISZHANG92

      March 18, 2024 at 12:26 am

      Indian accent may not suitable for learning english😅

    • @nobody7014

      March 18, 2024 at 1:04 am

      It’s worth if you want to call the support of hp or almost all the brands xD

  16. @Kaiser8361N

    March 16, 2024 at 12:39 am

    They really let anyone do TED talks don’t they?

    • @silverhandle

      March 16, 2024 at 11:21 pm

      I’m guessing they wouldn’t let you!

    • @Kaiser8361N

      March 16, 2024 at 11:28 pm

      @@silverhandle considering who they let talk I think that you might be right, honey

  17. @adriano1337.

    March 16, 2024 at 1:51 am

    I don’t like Hindi accent 🤷‍♂️

    • @silverhandle

      March 16, 2024 at 11:20 pm

      You’re silly.

  18. @Devaki888

    March 17, 2024 at 4:20 am

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  19. @AkaHappinnes-bl3vy

    March 17, 2024 at 7:34 pm

    This was too emotional couldn’t finish.

  20. @potapotapotapotapotapota

    March 17, 2024 at 10:36 pm

    You can ignore the problems of the world all you want, but if you have a heart you’d want to lift people out of poverty and improve their lives. Imagine if you were a migrant. Would you really be able to ignore their pleas for help when you have been through the same thing?

  21. @VarunBehani

    March 19, 2024 at 12:19 am

    The talk focuses on people who are excluded from basic social protections within their own countries. As soon as the word “migration” comes in, people – especially in the west given issues they are facing – associate it with cross-border migration. The underlying conditions are often similar i.e., economic distress. But a lot of this is exacerbated by climate change as water and land resources become less productive. So, issues these folks did not cause increase their distress > they migrate due to lack of choice. The strange thing is that if we did not have as much climate change and people within countries were socially protected, that would also reduce international forced migration.

  22. @user-vj4ry3pk7e

    March 19, 2024 at 10:42 am

    No one wants migration anymore

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