5 May 2015, Migrant-Rights.org In the villages, there is a saviour and he is simply called ‘agent’. He takes on the garb of the bogeyman in global migration narratives. The corrupt recruitment agent preying on gullible citizens and packing them off to hostile shores. The truth lies between the two guises. There has been little […]
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3 May 2015, MalayMail Online NEW ORLEANS, May 3 — It is nearing peak harvesting season for Louisiana crawfish, but a shortage of migrants to peel them is hurting the industry, largely because of a fight over foreign guest workers that has stirred fears Chinese imports will gain ground. The worker shortfall, which Louisiana officials
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4 May 2015, ABC (Australia) Conclusive evidence of extreme labour exploitation, slave-like conditions and black market labour gangs has been found on farms and in factories supplying Australia’s biggest supermarkets and fast food chains. A Four Corners investigation has revealed the food being picked, packed and processed by exploited workers is being sold to consumers
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29 April 2015, Devex Two years after the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh killed more than 1,100 workers and injured 2,515 — the deadliest garment factory accident on record — donors and entrepreneurs are calling upon the power of data to prevent forced labor worldwide. Labor trafficking is becoming harder to track as companies’
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16 April 2015, GhanaWeb Statistics from the National Labour Department (NLD) indicate that 96 out the 200 licensed private employment agencies (PEA) in the country were in good standing at the end of the first quarter of this year. Fourteen of the licensed agencies are into foreign recruitment and the remainder of 186 are all
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20 April 2015, The Daily Star Bangladeshi migrant workers pay the highest recruitment costs in the world, the World Bank said in a report. Citing a recent survey by the Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development, the WB said worker-paid recruitment costs averaged $1,955 in Kuwait with the Bangladeshis paying the highest, ranging between
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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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