The Star Online| 9 November 2018 JOHOR BARU: The Johor Indian Business Association (Jiba) welcomes the move by the government to abolish the service of agents in recruiting foreign workers soon. President P. Sivakumar said it was the right step for the Human Resources Ministry to take over the task instead of outsourcing the service […]
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The Daily Star | 8 November 2018 Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has said his government will not allow any corruption in the process of hiring foreign workers into that country. During the tenure of the previous government, there was a lot of corruption involving the employment of or the bringing in of foreign workers,
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The Guardian | 8 November 2018 Japan – once one of the world’s most homogenous societies – is starting to unwind its traditional opposition to large-scale immigration. One by one, Mohammad and Munadi thread scallop shells on to thin metal rods, breaking the monotony with quiet chatter in their native Javanese. The shells will soon
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The Guardian | 8 November 2018 Two years after migrants working for global electronics firms in Malaysia complained of labour abuses, change seems slow. Every day, the men who live here work on factory lines making components used by Samsung Electronics, one of the biggest electronics companies in the world. Last year, Samsung made a
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Kathmandu Post 7 November 2018 “When I was in University of Auckland for research I met a person there who had previously worked in the company. He told me to apply for a job. I did. After going through the rigorous selection process, I was selected,” Adhikari told the Post. While Adhikari looked forward to
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The Statesman | 5 November 2018 Paid to be a slave Part 1 Why are people still paying agencies and looking for a “better life” in other countries? The Gulf states are rich, very rich. Per-capita income is higher in that region than in most parts of the world. Yet all of these countries, with
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Rappler | 6 November 2018 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) launched on Tuesday, November 6, its overseas Filipino worker (OFW) e-card, a membership card that provides easier access to government benefits. The e-card can be used for OWWA services such as welfare programs, scholarship applications, training programs, and other social
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New Age Bangladesh | 5 November 2018 Though Bangladeshi workers migrate to 165 countries for jobs, Bangladesh signed bilateral agreements with only two countries, MOU with 11 and MOC with one. Absence of formal arrangements with most of the destination countries make ‘our workers vulnerable abroad,’ officials and rights activists told New Age. Bangladesh has
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Vietnam Net | 5 November 2018 Tran Tien Duy, deputy head of Nhat Huy Khang Company, said labour demand increases near the year-end. According to Duy, this is when Japan usually starts their fiscal year and the country prioritises Vietnamese labourers. “The opportunities for Vietnamese labourers in Japan are open with the two countries’ relationship
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Today Online | 5 November 2018 SINGAPORE — Forget about Singapore’s foreign worker curbs easing up — at least on the low-skilled end. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat says the policy to limit the inflow of cheap non-Singaporean labour has forced companies to invest in automation and other productivity-boosting measures, and the island nation doesn’t
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