25 June 2014, GMA News A recruitment agency suspended by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration got into deeper trouble after its president admitted his company had an unlicensed firm doing actual recruitment.POEA administrator Hans Leo Cacdac ... read more
24 June 2014, The New Civil Engineer Consultants are competing to fill roles amid a growing shortage of geotechnical engineers, finds Jon Masters. Demand for experienced geotechnical engineers has remained strong in recent years, buoyed by work overseas, ... read more
25 June 2014, Arab News The Labor Ministry will approach the Foreign Affairs Ministry to sort out obstacles in recruiting Filipino domestic workers including contractual difficulties faced by Saudi recruiters in the Philippines. Labor Ministries of the tw... read more
Read the full text of the Convention Here Adopted by General Assembly resolution 45/158 of 18 December 1990 Preamble The States Parties to the present Convention, Taking into account the principles embodied in the basic instruments of the United Nations ... read more
24 March 2014, EIN News Desk Recognizing that labour mobility is important for the private sector and that there is a need to involve it at national and international levels, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Federation of Indian ... read more
2 March 2014, Interaksyon MANILA – The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration has cancelled the permit of 63 recruitment agencies in its continuing drive to weed out unscrupulous and recalcitrant licensed agencies from its list. POEA chief Ha... read more
The GFMD Civil Society Days 2012 brought together some 140 civil society delegates, many of them migrants themselves, with more than 50% coming from developing and low-income countries and a record number of civil society actors from Africa. Another 100 r... read more