By Nicholas Keung | Immigration reporter The Star Canada Liberal government eliminates notorious rule that kicked out migrant workers after four years, ending what critics dubbed the ‘revolving door’ for indentured labour to Canada. Ottawa has eliminated the notorious “4-in-4-out” rule that kicked out migrant workers after four years, ending what some critics call the […]
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By Migrantwatch.org Over a year has passed since Kuwait’s parliament approved a law on the recruitment and employment of domestic workers. The new law was widely celebrated by state officials and international organizations for its “slow progress” in protecting workers’ rights and enhancing a “good image of Kuwait.” However, Kuwaiti officials appear satisfied merely by
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By Karla Adam | 8 January 2017 Washington Post LONDON — It is a quintessentially British scene: watching the annual Wimbledon tournament while munching on British strawberries and cream. But farmers here are warning that fruits and vegetables — including their beloved strawberries — could be left to rot in the fields this summer because
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Pete Pattisson |Friday 6 January 2017 The Guardian Series of measures including ban on employers deducting a foreign workers’ levy seen as laying groundwork for Malaysia to join Trans-Pacific Partnership Millions of foreign migrant workers in Malaysia are to receive a significant increase in their salaries after the government barred employers from deducting a foreign
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By Rupesh Acharya The Himalayan Times The Malaysian government has, after all this time, finally agreed to send a delegation to Nepal to hold talks on addressing the numerous problems Nepali migrants face. Niranjan Man Basnet, ambassador of Nepal to Malaysia informed THT over a phone interview that the Malaysian Ministry for Human Resources had
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