labour camp


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labour camp

n
1. a penal colony involving forced labour
2. a camp for migratory labourers
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Noun1.labour camp - a penal institution for political prisoners who are used as forced labor
camp - a penal institution (often for forced labor); "China has many camps for political prisoners"
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Translations

labour camp

, (US) labor camp
nArbeitslager nt
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labour camp

labor camp (Am) ncampo di lavoro
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A LABOUR camp in Bahrain was allegedly attacked with Molotov cocktails by members of a terrorist group shortly after pelting policemen with firebombs in Ma'ameer.
"A girl who was the daughter of a labourer was abducted from her house late night on Monday from their house based in a labour camp and was found dead in the morning in a canal," Prabhakar Shinde, senior police inspector of Sanghavi police station, Pimpri-Chinchwad said.
22 workers were rescued by firefighters from burning labour camp in Ras Al Khaimah.
During his second visit to a labour camp in Dubai, the special assistant asserted that Pakistani expats are the most valuable assets of the country.
During his visit to Omron Labour Camp in Dubai, he said we are running a campaign to create awareness about sending money through legal channels and the benefits that Pakistan could reap through such process.
The manager of a company's labour camp in the area, housing more than 1,200 workers, said a number of firms have moved their workers' accommodation to Umm Slal since the time they arrived in the neighbourhood more than four years ago.
Rao, the chairman of Gemini Property Developers, while talking to the workers at a labour camp in the New Industrial Area of Ajman.
Nilanji Singhe, another worker from Al Barsha labour camp, said: "I don't follow Hindi but I got a jist of the message from the movie.
The Dubai labour camp, located near Al Maktoum International Airport, will reportedly be able to accommodate 2,500 workers, while the Abu Dhabi facility will have a capacity of 5,000.
The restaurant's food drives began with a collaborative volunteer effort on May 28, serving over 200 individuals at the first labour camp in its Ramadan schedule this year.
A labour camp in Dubai has grown so big that it now needs its own police station.
An archivally rich study, Field's book provides illuminating details of the monotonous schedules and duties expected of the labour camp workers, but because these tended to be so similar across the various experiments, the details themselves become a little repetitive, especially in the early chapters.