News articles from around the world on migrant labour recruitment.
17 April 2015, The Straits Times Opinion Piece by Noorashikin Abdul Rahman, President, Transient Worker Count Too (TWC2), Singapore I WELCOME the perceptive and forceful comments made by manpower correspondent Toh Yong Chuan on the subject of migrant workers being crammed into premises where their lives are at risk should a fire break out (“Take action […]
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16 April 2015, Rappler Lito Soriano, an advocate of ethical recruitment, says an OFW is able to secure jobs abroad 2 months faster through illegal channels. MANILA, Philippines – While underground migration is a complex problem caused by many social factors, one way to quell it is by streamlining the legal process that Filipino workers
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16 April 2015, The Australian Business Review As its labour force shrinks, Japan is looking abroad to fill jobs like healthcare aides and convenience-store managers. But rather than increase immigration, the government is turning back to an “internship” program that the US and others have criticised as fraught with human rights abuses. Prime Minister Shinzo
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15 April 2015, Focus Taiwan News Channel Jakarta, April 15 (CNA) The Indonesian government said Wednesday it is determined to help lower the brokerage fees for its citizens seeking work in other countries, including Taiwan. Nusron Wahid, head of the Agency of Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers, said in a parliamentary hearing that
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14 April 2015, EKantipur.com Greed of a few recruiting agencies and top bureaucrats has landed many Nepalis in trouble at work destinations. APR 14 – Last October, the government added Uzbekistan in the list of work destinations, in what was to be the 110th country where Nepalis could go for employment. According to standard practice,
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13 April 2015, The Straights Times/Singapore THE practice has been outlawed and many have been caught, but some employers here are still collecting kickbacks from foreign workers, said migrant worker groups, employment agencies and workers. These extortions can range from a few hundred dollars to thousands, with some employers demanding upfront cash payments from workers
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13 April 2015, The Philippine Star More Filipinos are seeking employment overseas due to age discrimination in the country, according to a migrant workers’ rights advocate. Susan Ople, head of the Ople Policy Center, said many companies are reluctant to hire “older” job applicants. “The reason they keep on leaving is because of age discrimination,”
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10 April 2015, Kathmandu Post APR 10 – Earlier this week, Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al-Khulaifi, the Qatari Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, and his team came to Kathmandu to talk about the labour issues between Nepal and Qatar. Minister Al-Khulaifi was feted and offered high praise by many high-ranking Nepali officials. Among the many
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10 April 2015, Staffing Industry Analysis An association of global electronics companies voted to prohibit the charging of recruitment fees to workers, either by recruiters or directly by employers. The Electronics Industry Citizenship Council said excessive recruitment fees can lead to forced labor, trapping workers in debt to the labor broker or employment agency that recruited
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10 April 2015, Nepali Times We doubt the zero-cost agreement between Qatar and Nepal this week will come into force because there is too much money to be made on the blood, sweat and tears of Nepali workers by the politically-connected manpower mafia. For a country that is so dependent on overseas contract workers, the
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