News

News articles from around the world on migrant labour recruitment.

No freeze on foreign workers

Daily Express | 23 December 2019 Tawau: The new Pakatan government has never put a freeze on hiring foreign workers except for Bangladeshi workers. It wants only the best workers sent to Malaysia and not end up a dumping ground for “trash”. Human Resource Minister M. Kulasegaran said Malaysia is keen to have more capable

No freeze on foreign workers Read More »

Govt starts process of sending workers to Japan from April

The Himalayan 21 December 2018 Owing to its reputation of being a safe and reliable destination for migrant workers, the government has started formal negotiations with Japan to supply Nepali workers. Earlier, the Japanese government had formally announced that it would allow Japanese firms to hire workers from nine countries including Nepal and had changed

Govt starts process of sending workers to Japan from April Read More »

Filipinos warned about ‘unscrupulous individuals’ offering jobs in Malta

Malta Today | 21 December 2018 Nationals from the Philippines who are interested in seeking work in Malta are being warned against unauthorised recruitment practices on the island. In two advisories issued in September and November by the Philippine Embassy in Rome, Filipinos were cautioned against recruitment schemes operated by “unscrupulous individuals who are undermining

Filipinos warned about ‘unscrupulous individuals’ offering jobs in Malta Read More »

Malaysia targets middlemen to end debt bondage of migrant workers

Reuters | 19 December 2019 KUALA LUMPUR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Under pressure to crack down on labor abuses, Malaysia is moving to eliminate middlemen who charge millions of foreign workers exorbitant recruitment fees, leaving them saddled with debt and vulnerable to exploitation. In a bid to address this, recently Malaysia struck a deal with

Malaysia targets middlemen to end debt bondage of migrant workers Read More »

Japan wants more foreign workers but they may not want Japan: poll

Japan Times | 15 December 2018 Days after Japan enacted a law introducing a foreign-worker program to bolster a labor force shrinking due to the aging population, a study showed it could struggle to compete with other developed countries to attract residents from overseas. The Gallup survey showed that the country’s 126 million population would

Japan wants more foreign workers but they may not want Japan: poll Read More »

Scroll to Top