August 2018

Recruitment experiences of South Asian migrant workers in Jordan’s garment industry

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The rapid expansion of Jordan’s garment industry over the past two decades has been accompanied by a large increase in the industry’s migrant workforce. Accompanying this rise in the number of migrants, most of whom are from South Asia, has been the growing use of private employment agencies that specialize in recruiting workers in their […]

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Good practices and provisions in multilateral and bilateral labour agreements and memoranda of understanding

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Memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and bilateral labour agreements (BLAs) are important instruments between the countries of origin and countries of destination. They help regulate labour migration, protect migrant workers’ rights and guarantee conditions for decent work. The Government of Bangladesh has been developing bilateral relationships with countries in the Middle East and East Asia on

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Cutting Migration Cost a Challenge despite Malaysia’s Ban on G2G plus System

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Migration News Bangladesh | 27 August 2018 Reducing migration costs remain as a big challenge for Bangladesh though the Malaysian government decided to postpone hiring migrant workers from Bangladesh under the government to government plus recruitment system, controlled by a syndicate of 10 recruiting agencies in Bangladesh. Apart from lowering cost of migration, maintaining healthy

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Canadian farmers struggling with labour shortage seek changes to Temporary Foreign Worker program

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The Calgary Herald | 29 August 2018 The Canadian agriculture industry is calling for changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker program in an effort to solve a labour shortage it says costs farmers $1.5 billion annually in lost sales. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture, as well as more than 20 Alberta-based farm groups representing a

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Japan will overhaul Immigration Bureau to create agency for expected surge of blue-collar workers under new status

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By: Sakura Murakami Japan Times | 28 August 2018 The Justice Ministry will upgrade its Immigration Bureau to an agency from April to deal with an anticipated influx of foreign workers, Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa said at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday. With the government seeking to accept more foreign workers from April

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Manpower recruitment: Bangladesh trying to understand Malaysia’s decision

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BDNews24 | 28 August 2018 The minister for expatriates’ welfare and overseas employment has said they are trying to understand the problem in the Malaysian market as the new government has announced a plan to stop hiring Bangladeshi workers under the current system effective from Sep 1. Replying to a question, the minister said it

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