By Ben Garcia and Isobel Ransome Kuwait Times | 04 September 2017 KUWAIT: A government-backed recruitment agency for domestic helpers in Kuwait is mooted to lower fees and clean up the industry. But embassies of countries with large populations of domestic helpers here as well as private recruiting agencies, both in Kuwait and in those […]
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By Ock Hyun-ju | Korea Herald 5 Sept 2017 Migrant fishermen are exposed to human rights abuses, activists and human rights lawyers said Tuesday, calling on the government and ship owners to step up efforts to improve the situation. Kim Jong-chul, a lawyer for the Seoul-based Advocates for Public Interest Law, claimed that migrant fishing
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The Hindu Business Line | 22 August 2017 Seafarers going abroad to work on ships beware! Those who have secured placement through a recruitment agent not registered with or licensed by India’s maritime regulator will not be allowed to leave the country. The Director General of Shipping (DGS) is cracking the whip on recruitment and
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Current sponsorship regimes in the Middle East have been criticized for creating an asymmetrical power relationship between employers and migrant workers – which can make workers vulnerable to forced labour. Essential to the vulnerability of migrant workers in the Middle East is that their sponsor controls a number of aspects related to their internal labour
Sarwat Nasir | July 24, 2017 Khaleej Times Khaleej Times spoke to two maids who said their previous employers did not give them any days off or their gratuity. Housemaids are desperately waiting for the new domestic workers law to be implemented, as many claim they are overworked by their employers. Khaleej Times spoke to
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Anjana Sankar | July 2, 2017 Khaleej Times Of 792 inquiries received by the embassy, only 66 turned out to be genuine. The Indian embassy in Abu Dhabi has thwarted more than 700 fake job offers made to its citizens in the last six months, the Indian ambassador said. “Between January and June 2017 alone,
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By Angel Tesorero | July 1, 2017 Khaleejtimes Some agencies recruit them from home countries and bring them to the UAE on three-month tourist visa, on the promise of getting employed, which is an illegal practice Most distressed maids are quite new to Dubai. They came here on a visit visa with the objective of
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The Standard 11 May 2017 More than 70 percent of domestic helper recruitment agencies in Hong Kong are charging excessive fees, according to a study by University of Hong Kong students. The investigation found that local agencies are also withholding helpers’ passports to coerce them into paying the debts they are forced to take on.
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