News articles from around the world on migrant labour recruitment.
6 September 2014, Arab News The Ministry of Labor has imposed a ban on the recruitment of labor from Ebola-affected countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. Deputy Labor Minister Moufarrej Al-Haqbani said the decision was taken as a preventive measure against the spread of the Ebola virus in the Kingdom, describing it as a […]
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4 September 2014, The Peninsula DOHA: Qataris are urging the authorities to set up a state-run recruitment agency that would take care of their interests while bringing housemaids into the country and not engage in fraudulent activities, as is being done by private recruitment firms. The request comes as the Ministry of Labour is undertaking
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Thomson-Reuters, 2 September 2014 NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Kenyan domestic worker in Saudi Arabia was attacked by her employer with a kitchen knife and stabbed eight times before wresting the knife from him, The Star newspaper reported on Tuesday. After recovering in hospital, she was taken to a desert jail where she met
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Saudi Press Agency, 1 September 2014 The Ministry of Labor has suspended the issuance of recruitment visas granted for three African countries infected with Ebola virus, namely Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. This action has been taken as part of preventive measures and precautions to counter the virus spreading in West Africa. These measures and
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31 August 2014, Arab News The Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) organized a support program for businesses with the Labor Ministry on Thursday following the adoption of recruitment offices. The meeting took place in the presence of company owners, Abdul Mouneem Al-Sharhi, Labor Ministry branch manager in the Makkah region, Khalaf Al-Otaibi, JCCI
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30 August 2014, Arab News Agreement for the recruitment of Indian housemaids across the Kingdom is very much intact as the recruitment process is in progress and not stalled as reported in a section of local media. Reports published in local media quoting a labor official said that recruitment efforts for housemaids from India have
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30 August 2014, Colombo Gazette Saudi officials have announced a five-day visit to Sri Lanka in a bid to overcome “difficulties” related to the recruitment of domestic workers from the south Asian country, arabianbusiness.com reported. The Gulf kingdom’s National Committee of Recruitment of the Council of Saudi Chambers said in comments reported by Saudi Press
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28 August 2014, Vietnam.net A senior labour official on August 28 quashed rumours that contractors at the Vung Ang economic zone in central Ha Tinh province are recruiting 10,000 Chinese employees, saying this is false information. Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Trong Dam said at a press conference of the government
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28 August 2014, The Cambodia Daily A group of 50 migrant workers on Wednesday protested outside a branch of a recruitment agency in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district that they say duped them out of $260 they paid for a guarantee of employment in Thailand. The 50 workers, who were part of a group of
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27 August 2014, Gulf Times Officials of labour recruitment agencies said they have stopped recruiting domestic workers from certain African countries in view of the spread of the Ebola virus in those places, local Arabic daily Arrayah has reported. They said domestic workers from other countries are subjected to health examination before and after recruitment
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