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Using social media for selling visas is human trafficking

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13 January 2016, Saudi Gazette The Ministry of Labor has warned against selling visas and transferring sponsorship of expatriates on social media saying the culprit can be charged with human trafficking, Makkah newspaper reported. International Law Professor Abdulsamad Al-Ali said international agreements between countries forbid any form of human trafficking. “Citizens must know that transferring […]

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Free-visa-free-ticket policy: Recruiting agencies telling twisted tale?

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14 January 2016, The Kathmandu Post Has the free-visa-free-ticket policy distracted Nepali migrant workers from going abroad for jobs? Recruiting agencies may say yes, but official figures show otherwise. Data of the Department of Foreign Employment, a government body that provides frontline service to aspirant migrants, show that it received a total of 481,480 job

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Recruitment agencies unaware of ‘change’ in UAE labour rules

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28 December 2015, The Times of India Official recruitment agencies in Kerala have expressed ignorance about the changes in UAE’s work permit rules that come into force from January next year. Quoting extensively from a report that appeared in an Arabic daily ‘Al Bayan’, some English news websites had reported that the country’s labour department

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Labour firms reject report on migrant debt bondage

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24 December 2015, Myanmar Times The report into working conditions in Thailand’s poultry industry named three licensed Myanmar recruiting firms – Yun Nadi Oo, Arbourfield and Top Today Star – that were sending workers to Thailand through official channels established under a 2003 memorandum of understanding. The report by European NGOs Swedwatch and Finnwatch said

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Thailand-Vietnam MoU on labour to take effect soon

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23 December 2015, The Nation An agreement between Thailand and Vietnam on migrant labour is expected to take effect early next year. Thailand is also preparing to take workers from two other Asean nations under memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for the upcoming Asean Economic Community. Labour Minister General Sirichai Dithakul met yesterday with delegates from Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia

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Business permits of labor agencies need scrutiny

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22 December 2015, Cebu Daily News Cebu City Acting Mayor Edgardo Labella told the City Treasurer’s Office to strictly evaluate applications for business permits of labor recruitment agencies following reports reaching the City Council of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) being abused by their employers abroad or shortchanged by their agencies. READ THE FULL ARTICLE  

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Trusted recruiters, friends leading domestic migrants to abuse: ILO report

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21 December 2015, Myanmar Times The government’s labour recruitment offices are failing, leaving workers to scrounge for jobs through informal networks rife with opportunistic brokers, according to a new report. In the absence of a functioning, official employment system, the vast majority of over 7000 workers interviewed – 72 percent – said they found jobs

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