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Labour Hiring in Malaysia: All licensed agencies can now operate

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The Daily Star | 25 September 2018 Bangladesh and Malaysia yesterday decided to allow all licensed recruiting agencies of Bangladesh to send workers to the Southeast Asian country, following allegations of a syndicate of 10 agents monopolising labour recruitment since early 2017. The decision came in a meeting between Bangladesh Expatriates’ Welfare Minister Nurul Islam […]

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Japanese government to mull new work visa to help more labor-hungry professions: top government spokesman

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Japan Times | 26 April 2018 The government is mulling an update to the nation’s visa system in order to accept more foreign workers in a growing number of professions facing manpower shortages, including those that serve the labor-hungry restaurant and fisheries industries, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Wednesday. As Japan grapples with an

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Employers to bear full RM10k cost of migrant worker levies

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Malaysiakini | 25 September 2018 The government has decided to retain the previous levy payment structure for migrant workers, with employers bearing the full cost. Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said the decision was made following complaints from migrant workers and trade unions which, according to a report in a Chinese-language newspaper today, said they

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Migrant workers need fair recruitment, access to justice, decent work

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New Age Bangladesh | 25 September 2018 Migrant rights campaigners and trade union leaders on Monday called for addressing the key issues of fair and ethical recruitment, consular support in crisis, access to justice, support service and welfare protection as well as decent work when the UN Global Forum on Migration and Development adopts the

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Gov’t Opens Office in Thailand to Assist Myanmar Fishing Boat Workers

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Irrawady |24 September 2018 Myanmar yesterday opened a “one-stop” office in southern Thailand’s Ranong province to facilitate the recruitment of Myanmar migrant workers by Thai fishing companies and to provide any assistance the workers may need, according to migrant labor advocacy groups in Thailand. The office will handle Thai visa renewals for workers so they

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Obrero: A Documentary on Filipino Migrant Workers Recruited to Work in Christchurch, New Zealand

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Obrero (worker) is a film about Filipino construction workers temporarily migrating to Christchurch, New Zealand for the earthquake rebuild. The project is comprised of three media formats: the documentary film, the interactive documentary (i-doc), and a social media page. Aside from using multiple platforms, Obrero also employs a transjournalistic mode of representation, expanding the reportage

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