28 August 2015, The Ethiopia Herald EDITORIAL Labour migration, which has been mounting nowadays, is being favored by young Ethiopians from rural Ethiopia as a strategy for moving out of poverty. Generally, the immediate cause for migration is search for employment and a better life, which is not far from the truth, but only partially. […]
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24 August 2015, Macau Daily Times Foreign domestic helpers rallied yesterday during a press conference to urge for strengthened regulation of local employment agencies. The maids slammed some of the intermediaries for financially exploiting them upon their arrival in the territory. Ayu Sri Wahyuni and Erik, from the Peduli Buruh Migrant Indonesian Concern Group, disclosed
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11 August 2015 The thematic section of the SR’s report discusses the impact of recruitment practices on the human rights of migrants, particularly low-wage workers, during labour migration. The report outlines the trends relating to recruitment practices and human rights of migrant workers. The report also takes up many of the recommendations put forward by the
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7 August 2015, Nepali Times Nepal and Israel have signed an agreement allowing Nepali women to work as caretakers in the Jewish state. Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE)’s Director General Bharat Raj Subedi and Israeli ambassador to Nepal Yaron Mayer signed an agreement on Friday, revoking the ban on Nepali women caretakers in Israel. Five
4 August 2015, WantChinaTimes.com Workers from the Philippines will be able to travel to Taiwan for work in two or three weeks at the earliest after Taiwan and the Philippines signed cooperation guidelines Monday on worker recruitment, management and service. The agreement was reached at the sixth ministerial conference between labor ministers of the two
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3 August 2015, The Daily Star Joe De La Rosa, 27, is a Filipino dreaming big in Taipei. Every day for six days a week, he wakes up at 4am, takes breakfast and then bikes to his factory. There he cuts plywood and works for 12 hours. The work is hard, but he said he
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3 August 2015, Saudi Gazette in Yahoo News The Ministry of Labor has warned citizens and other clients against dealing with unlicensed recruitment offices and said they should approach offices registered with the ministry’s Musanid website for recruitment of domestic workers, the Saudi Press Agency reported. Abdullah Al-Olayyan, director general of the ministry’s branch in
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