News articles from around the world on migrant labour recruitment.
4 March 2016, Mynmar Times While Malaysia continues to maintain its moratorium on receiving any further foreign workers, the country is attempting to regularise the status of those already within the country’s borders. Malaysia announced it will be working with countries of origin to grant five-year visas to eligible workers. U Sein Oo, a director general […]
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3 March 2016, Thompson Reuters The Ministry of Labor has emphasized that it is implementing regulations against illegal brokers and middlemen in the recruitment of domestic workers. The ministry said it was keeping a watch on recruitment agents in countries with which the ministry had signed agreements for sending domestic workers to the Kingdom. The
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2 March 2016, My Republica Ten Nepali migrant workers have been left in the lurch in Saudi Arabia after they have been rendered illegal. Landed in Saudi Arabia 22 months ago through the Kathmandu-based Al Naseer Overseas Pvt Ltd, the migrants have been rendered illegal ever since as they lack necessary documents like identity cards
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1 March 2016, Gulf news Governments of two major Indian states have moved to protect blue collar workers from exploitation by recruitment agents, officials said. Two delegations led by ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Telangana states are here for employers and UAE officials to ascertain ways of creating a safe migration system. Around 60,000 Indians
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23 February 2016, The Kathmandu Post The number of Nepali migrants leaving for jobs abroad has been increasing every year. It has nearly doubled in recent years from 294,094 in 2066 BS to 527,814 in 2070 BS. For the first time in over five years, the number of Nepali migrants receiving permits to work abroad
19 February 2016, Arab News The Cambodian government has set up 42 recruiting offices in the country. The offices will send domestic workers to the Kingdom during the coming months, the Ministry of Labor announced on Thursday. Last week, the Kingdom and Cambodia signed a deal for the recruitment of domestic and general workers. The
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19 February 2016, The Borneo Post The government has decided to delay the recruitment of foreign labour, including those from Bangladesh. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Zahid Ahmad Hamidi after attending a function at Muara Tuang Army Camp here today (Feb 19). “The government has decided to delay recruiting all foreign
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19 February 2016, Bloomberg Malaysia said it will suspend the recruitment of foreign workers while it assesses gaps in the labor force, a second flip-flop on employment policies this month after objections over the plans. The freeze will also allow the government to review a levy system for overseas workers in Malaysia, state news agency Bernama reported Friday,
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19 February 2016, Reuters Investigate Nestor Molina has made a living looking for Honduran workers to pick fruit in Florida. Now, some of the workers he recruited, their lawyers, and the U.S. government are looking for him. Molina, 53, is among the middlemen hired by companies to help bring foreign workers to the United States
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18 February 2016, Asian Correspondent OUTRAGE over the Malaysian government’s plan to bring in 1.5 million Bangladeshi workers has exposed latent xenophobia in the country. Certain non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and media outlets have whipped up anti-Bangladeshi sentiment, playing on racially-charged stereotypes, fears of crime, and economic worries. Yesterday, a group called Pertubuhan Rapat Malaysia, which
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