Foreign workers in Mauritius now number any 22.

Foreign workers in Mauritius now number any 22,000, among whom 10,850 are Chinese, 7310 are Indians and 720 are from Madagascar. These are the men and women who make machines work in the textile industry in Mauritius. Without them, many factories would be unable to manufacture the required quantity of garments and clothing to grant European and American buyers forward time.

Foreign labour was first brought to the island in 1989 at a time when Mauritians had plenitude of jobs. The alien workers were single a few hundred, recruited by way of a few factories having difficulties in attracting