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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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Bangladesh-Malaysia official talks on Sept 25 in search of new system of worker recruitments

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New Age Bangladesh | 18 September 2018 Officials of Bangladesh and Malaysia would meet in Kuala Lumpur on September 25 to work out a new method of recruitment of workers. Acting secretary of Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Ahmed Munirus Saleheen would lead the Bangladesh team at the talks. The Bangladesh team would include

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Police to charge recruiter who withheld worker’s passport

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MENAFN | 21 September 2018 (MENAFN – Asia Times) An alleged illegal recruiter has been arrested in Manila for withholding a Filipino migrant worker’s passport in exchange for money. Migrant worker Rosemarie Rodil said she sought help from the Manila Police’s General Assignment and Investigation Section to retrieve her passport from her former recruitment agency,

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UK employers condemn ‘ignorant, elitist’ Brexit immigration report

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The Guardian 18 September 2018 Business leaders reject need for income threshold, saying workers are needed at all levels. Business leaders have lined up to criticise the government’s migration advisory committee (MAC) after it proposed an “ignorant and elitist” ban on foreign workers earning less than £30,000 a year from obtaining visas to work in

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Group to demonstrate today over ban on recruitment to Gulf States

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Ghana Web | 18 September 2018 The Coalition of Licensed Labour Migration Agencies, returnee migrants, laid off workers and some unemployed youth groups will this morning [Tuesday] embark on a demonstration to register their displeasure at government’s continuous ban on labour migration to the Gulf States. The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations Ignatius Baffour

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MOM suspends employment agency behind maid advertisements on Carousell

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Channel News Asia | 19 September SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) has suspended the licence of employment agency SRC Recruitment after identifying the firm as the one responsible for the maid advertisements on online marketplace Carousell. In a statement on Wednesday (Sep 19), MOM also said that it is investigating SRC Recruitment “with the

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