By Pete Pattisson Monday 21 November 2016 03.00 GMT It is eight o’clock in the industrial area of Port Klang, an hour’s drive west of Kuala Lumpur, and the entrance to the Samsung factory is heaving with workers. As hundreds of men and women pour out of the factory gates into the clammy air, hundreds […]
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By: Jan Petter Myklebust 17 November 2016 The inward migration of foreign experts, including university teachers and researchers, is good business for Denmark regardless if they are coming from India, China or Germany, according to a new analysis of Danish registry statistics – among the most complete in the world. Highly educated foreigners working in
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Staff Correspondent 12:00 AM, November 16, 2016 / Daily Star Malaysian Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri Richard Riot yesterday informed the government that they will hire workers from Bangladesh in three sectors — construction, plantation and manufacturing. The minister, who arrived yesterday, revealed the information after holding a bilateral meeting with Expatriates’ Welfare and Overseas
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November 14, 2016 / Pakistan Observer Islamabad—Migrant Resource Center (MRC) has so far equipped 2370 students of different educational institutions with the latest and accurate information on safe and legal migration. “MRC since its inception a year back has provided information about safe and legal migration to 2370 students including 2055 male and 315 female”,
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October 31, 2016 / The News Pakistan ILO recommends Pakistani government to better regulate migration process for overseas employment to control costs ABU DHABI: Pakistani workers are paying about 13 times the official costs to work in the UAE or Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), a survey has found, reported The National. Labourers each paid
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By Prisca Baike 26 October 2016 / The Oberserver Ugandans will have an opportunity to work in Jordan following the signing of an agreement between officials of both countries. The ministry of gender, labour and social development signed a bilateral labour agreement with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to pave way for Ugandan migrant workers
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The Dhaka Principles for Migration with Dignity are a set of human rights based principles to enhance respect for the rights of migrant workers from the moment of recruitment, during overseas employment and through to further employment or safe return to home countries. They are intended for use by all industry sectors and in any
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105th session of the International Labour Conference During the 105th session of the ILC, calls for a binding instrument on Decent Work Global Supply Chains are being debated. Including this item on the agenda has been a longstanding call from the Workers’ Group. With low-wage migrant workers often occupying the bottom of the supply chain,
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