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The American Government Is Funding Human Trafficking

14 November 2014, New Republic The ugly business of how military contractors find their workers In September 2012, President Obama issued an executive order asserting a zero tolerance policy for government contractors who violated human trafficking laws. He specifically targeted recruitment fees that workers in southeast Asia frequently pay for work with military contractors in […]

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A Nightmare on Recruitment Street

7 December 2014, bqdoha.com A businessman’s tale of how things went horribly wrong. Last year, in August, my firm was subcontracted to work on a very prominent project in Qatar. I needed slightly over 200 skilled civil workers for the project and I decided to fly to Katmandu, Nepal, when the recruitment agency told me

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Likely Qatar Deportation of Striking Workers Raises Concerns

28 November 2014, The World Post Qatar is signaling rejection of demands by human rights and trade union activists to grant trade union and collective bargaining rights to its majority migrant worker population with the detention and likely deportation of more than 100 predominantly South Asian laborers, who went on strike to protest low pay

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UN investigates claims of Gulf state abuse of migrant workers

29 November 2014, The Guardian UAE projects involving major western museums accused of treating foreign labourers as modern-day slaves The United Nations is investigating the abuse of migrant workers in the United Arab Emirates, where the British Museum and other major western museums, including the Guggenheim, are involved in a multibillion-pound cultural hub. The move,

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Manpower firms to publish costs of recruitment

28 November 2014, Arab News Manpower firms in the Saudi market responded to the Ministry of Labor’s pressure and published the prices and the cost of recruiting domestic workers on the “Mosanid” website before the deadline, next Monday. As of yesterday, 166 out of 329 certified recruitment offices in Saudi Arabia have published the costs

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Gulf, Asia approve steps to protect foreign workers

27 November 2014, Arab News KUWAIT CITY: Gulf and Asian labor ministers agreed Thursday on a series of initiatives aimed at boosting protection and improving conditions of employment for millions of foreign workers in the Gulf, officials said. The deal followed two days of talks between ministers from the 12 Asian labor-sending countries and the

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Labor minister seeks end to migrant worker abuse

26 November 2014, The Daily Star BEIRUT: A conference aimed at tackling conditions of migrant domestic workers, including risks of abuse by their employers, was held Wednesday, amid increasing cases of foreign housemaids committing suicide in Lebanon. Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi emphasized the urgent need to regulate the employment of migrant workers on the basis

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Slave labour is not just Qatar’s problem

25 November 2014, Global Construction Review Doha’s success in winning the 2019 World Athletics Championship was unexpected – the US city of Eugene, in Oregon, was favourite. What was more predictable was that the victory would be the signal for another chorus of calls for Qatar to do more to safeguard the welfare of its

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