Japan Times | 8 FEbruary 2019 KATHMANDU – As Japan prepares to welcome a wave of new foreign workers, experts are cautioning Nepalese over unethical immigration brokers and urging their government to conclude an agreement with Japan for greater transparency in movements of migrant workers. In April, Tokyo will introduce a new program to accept […]
New Age Bangladesh | 11 October 2018 Thousands of Bangladeshi workers became the worst victims of migrating to Middle East countries on the so-called free visas or individual visas also known as friends and family visas. Dishonest brokers and recruiting agents popularized these visas in Bangladesh knowing full well that the workers would face uncertainties
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Sunstar | 8 October 2018 THE Office of the Cebu City Prosecutor indicted a woman from Tacloban, Leyte who allegedly duped four job applicants in Cebu into bogus employment abroad. Prosecutor Rogelio del Prado found evidence to charge Rosel Basconcillo with illegal recruitment in large scale before the Regional Trial Court. “Evidence offered by the
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The Hindu | 22 September 2018 Noticing an increase in the number of complaints related to the illegal overseas recruitment made by unauthorised recruitment agents, the police have started a checking drive in the district to verify the registration details of suspicious firms and recruitments they have made without following the guidelines of the Protector
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Mercury News | 3 September 2018 An Indian citizen, CEO of two U.S. staffing firms, was arrested upon his return to the U.S. and charged with engineering what federal authorities are calling a “multi-year visa-fraud scheme” centered on the controversial H-1B visa. Pradyumna Kumar Samal, 49, had earlier this year “fled the United States” amid
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HRD Asia | 28 August 2018 Two directors of recruiting firms in Singapore are on trial for allegedly cheating hundreds of foreign jobseekers into paying large sums of money to secure non-existing roles. Clarence Lim and Terry Tan-Soo face a total of 315 charges under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act. The exact number of
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By YUTA SHIMAMOTO Nikkei Asian Review | 24 August 2018 TOKYO — The Japanese government will expand its staff charged with monitoring working conditions for foreign workers to ensure that employers are in legal compliance as the nation prepares to open its doors to unskilled labor. The labor ministry’s inspection staff will be increased from
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The Star | 15 August 2018 PUTRAJAYA: A syndicate fraudulently running the Immigration Department’s rehiring programme has been busted, after earning some RM2.2mil in profit. “The syndicate has been operating through a company called Growing Global Multiple Business Sdn Bhd, which is registered as a travel agency. “The company offered rehiring services to foreign workers,
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