Tianjin’s migrant workers hit hard by blast
By Cui Meng, Published: 2015-08-16 19:19:58
Notices of missing persons cover a blackboard at school in Tianjin on August 15 following Wednesday’s explosion. The school in the Binhai New Area Development Zone has served as a temporary shelter for blast victims. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
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Migrant workers in Tianjin’s Binhai New Area Development Zone wait to board a bus on their journey back home on August 15. Tianjin relief stations provided workers and their families with temporary IDs and railway tickets back to their hometowns. Photo: Cui Meng/GT Children of migrant workers cry as they wait to return home. Photo: Cui Meng/GT Migrant workers load their belongings on a bus headed for the railway station. Photo: Cui Meng/GT A migrant worker fits a mask on a child. People in Tianjin reported experiencing respiratory and skin irritation from heavy fumes in the air on August 15. Photo: Cui Meng/GT