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OECD & EC Report: “Immigration & Labour Shortages: Evaluation of Needs and Limits of Selection Policies in the Recruitment of Foreign Labour”

15474016.pdf Report by Marco Doudeijns & Jean-Christophe Dumont Brussels January 2003 This document presents the result of studies recently carried out in a range of OECD Member countries on labour shortages and the role that migration can play to alleviate labour shortages. In spite of the methodological problems, that may be involved in assessing labour […]

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“OFWs seen to benefit as PHL votes for ILO protocol, recommendation vs. forced labor”

16 June 2014, GMA News Online In what could be a boon for overseas Filipino workers, the Philippines has thrown its support behind the International Labor Organization’s adoption of a protocol and recommendation against forced labor.In a news release on Monday, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said the Philippines cast an affirmative vote for the

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“Fleeced: A Look at the Terrible Life of Migrant Workers Everywhere”

16 June 2014, Pacific Standard When migrant laborers at New York University’s Abu Dhabi campus raised their voices, striking over pay and working conditions, they were treated to arrests, beaten, or in some cases deported—flung back home in despair and in often debt. Within 24 hours after the New York Times reported on this modern

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“Burmese Migrants Arrested, But Not Main Target in Thai Crackdown”

16 June 2014, The Irrawaddy CHIANG MAI — A heavy crackdown on undocumented migrants in Thailand has so far mostly targeted Cambodian workers, although there have been frequent reports of arrests of Burmese workers, according to organizations working with Burmese migrants in Thailand. “There is no big crackdown on Burmese immigrant workers like on Cambodians,”

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