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Families in Bangladesh sold farms and borrowed money to raise RM20K workers fee

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The Star Online | 23 June 2018 SEPANG: Bangladeshi workers who arrived here recently said their families made great sacrifices to raise the RM20,000 each to find jobs in Malaysia. The workers told The Star that their families sold cattle and farmland, and even borrowed money at high interest rates to secure employment here. Even […]

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Wanted: foreign workers — and the labor brokers accused of illegally profiting from them

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19 February 2016, Reuters Investigate Nestor Molina has made a living looking for Honduran workers to pick fruit in Florida. Now, some of the workers he recruited, their lawyers, and the U.S. government are looking for him. Molina, 53, is among the middlemen hired by companies to help bring foreign workers to the United States

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ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative

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In response to the challenges of migrant labour recruitment, the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched in 2014 a global “Fair Recruitment Initiative” to: help prevent human trafficking and forced labour protect the rights of workers, including migrant workers, from abusive and fraudulent practices during the recruitment and placement process (including pre-selection, selection, transportation, placement and safe return)

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Pro-OFW groups, recruitment firms to hold dialogue on human trafficking

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13 January 2015, GMA News Online Noting Pope Francis’ strong anti-human trafficking stance, leaders of civil society organizations and representatives from the recruitment industry will hold a dialogue on the eve of his five-day visit to the Philippines. In a statement Tuesday, Susan Ople, head of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training Institute,

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“Qatari labor report offers solutions but is unlikely to reduce pressure on World Cup host”

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21 July 2014, James M. Dorsey, Hürriyet Daily News A long-awaited Qatar Foundation report recommends a radical overhaul of the labor recruitment system in Asian labor exporting countries as well as the Gulf state that expects to host the 2022 World Cup. The report however stops short of calling for the abolition of Qatar’s widely

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“Exploited Dreams: Dispatches from Indian Migrant Workers in Saudi Arabia”

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Amnesty International India, 2014 Saudi Arabia has attracted more low-paid Indian migrants over the last 25 years than any other country in the Gulf region. Every day, close to 1,000 Indian low-wage migrant workers are provided with emigration clearances to travel to Saudi Arabia. They are recruited to work in cafeterias, supermarkets, construction sites, and

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