News articles from around the world on migrant labour recruitment.
Robert Benzie, Toronto Star, 16 July 2014 Labour Minister Kevin Flynn revives Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act that would clamp down on employers and employment agencies who violate workers’ rights. Lilliane Namukasa knows what it’s like to be a vulnerable worker. So the 27-year-old, who arrived from Uganda in 2008 to work as […]
“Ontario government introduces law to protect vulnerable workers” Read More »
Katy Migiro, homson Reuters Foundation, 14 July 2014 NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Kenyan woman trafficked to Saudi Arabia is being held by a recruitment agency demanding $3,400 for breach of contract before it will release her, The Star newspaper reported on Monday. Kenyans often migrate to the Middle East in search of jobs
“Mother appeals for trafficked Kenyan woman’s freedom” Read More »
Jeddah, Arab News, 15 July 2014 It’s mandatory on all recruitment companies to provide substitutes for absconding maids to their employers over the entire term of their contracts, the Ministry of Labor said. Ziyad Al-Sayegh, deputy minister for customer services and labor affairs at the ministry, said the decision was taken to protect citizens’ rights
“Substitutes for runaway maids made mandatory” Read More »
Agence France Presse, The Daily Star Lebanon DOHA: World Cup 2022 host Qatar, under international criticism over working conditions for migrant workers, said recruitment agencies in Asia were the main party to blame for any abuse. A report commissioned by the Qatar Foundation chaired by the ruling emir’s mother charged that the rights of migrants,
“Qatar blames recruiters abroad for labor abuse” Read More »
Gulf Times, 13 July 2014 A Qatar Foundation report has highlighted 10 key points for improving workers’ conditions in Qatar after a study found that many of them were subjected to rights violations in the home countries well before their arrival in Doha. The 160-page “Migrant Labour Recruitment to Qatar” report, specially commissioned as part of
“QF recommends ways to improve worker conditions” Read More »
13 July 2014, DOHA News The system of recruiting and hiring semi- and unskilled expats to work in Qatar is riddled with “endemic corruption” and unethical practices that result in trafficking, debt bondage and forced labor, according to a new report commissioned by Qatar Foundation. The 160-page document, Migrant Labor Recruitment to Qatar, calls for an
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Sarabjit Pandher, The Hindu, 8 July 2014 A group of 28 Iraq returnees on Monday filed a complaint with the Chandigarh police against a manpower consultancy firm that also doubles as a travel agency for ‘duping and causing them substantial financial losses’. They have also threatened to protest in front of the Punjab Assembly, which
“Iraq returnees lodge complaint against recruitment agents” Read More »
Chhay Channyda, The Phnom Penh Post, 25 June 2014 The government yesterday unveiled new rules that govern workers travelling abroad, among them a cap on the amount that they can be charged for the necessary documents. In addition to newly subsidised $4 passports, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced during a meeting with
“Fees capped for migrant workers” Read More »
Gabriel Domínguez, Deutsche Welle, 10 October 2013 Thousands of South Asians migrate every year to wealthy Middle East countries dreaming of a better life. But the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar has drawn global attention to the exploitation faced by many foreign workers. “I was promised a job in a garage, but when I
“World Cup puts spotlight on Qatar’s migrant workers” Read More »
Michelle Tolson, AsianCorrespondent.com, 3 July 2014 In the dusty border town of Poipet, things have quieted down compared to the previous weeks’ onslaught of trucks ferrying Cambodian migrant workers “voluntarily” back from Thailand. Ms. Pheap, a seller of beverages and small food items, said. “I never saw anything like it before. There were so many
“Borderline: Stuck between the Thai junta and Cambodia’s lack of opportunity” Read More »
