March 2015

Rwanda: Governments Urged to Facilitate Free Movement of Labour

24 March 2015, AllAfrica.com African governments should encourage and facilitate free movement of persons within the continent and provision of alternative legal channels of migration. This was the message at the opening of a three-day international conference on migration and labour mobility which opened in Kigali, yesterday. About 60 African regional economic communities are represented

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India bans recruitment of nurses by private agents

20 March 2015, Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The India government has issued an order yesterday banning overseas recruitment of nurses by private agencies stating that only an authorized government agency can conduct nursing recruitments. The order becomes effective from April 30, 2015. According to the government order, nursing recruitments to a foreign country from India can

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Reconciling Labor Realities with Policy: The EPS and Overseas Filipino Workers in South Korea – Analysis

8 March 2015, Eurasia Review In response to the unmet demand for labor in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country, South Korea allowed the entry of foreign labor migrants from countries such as the Philippines in 1993. In Southeast Asia, the Philippines has the second largest number of migrants in South Korea next

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DOLE chief orders raps vs agency over Canada recruitment scam

4 March 2015, Interaksyon MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz ordered Philippine Overseas Employment Administration chief Hans Leo Cacdac to investigate and file charges against officials and staff of a firm allegedly offering non-existent caregiver jobs in Canada. The order came after Baldoz was informed by labor attaché Leonida Romulo of the Philippine Overseas

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Recruitment firms resist regulation on transparency

1 March 2015, eKantipur.com KATHMANDU, MAR 01 – Foreign employment agencies have disregarded the new provision that requires them to conduct all their financial transactions through banks. Officials working at the frontline desk of the Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE) said none of the recruiting firms have complied to the new regulation introduced on January

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