29 November 2015, Kathmandu Post Nov 29, 2015- The number of Nepali migrants going to Malaysia has fallen drastically after the government made it mandatory for overseas employers to provide free tickets and visa to workers. Malaysia, the largest destination for Nepali workers, hired only 25,635 Nepali workers in the last three months, nearly 68 […]
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24 August 2015, Macau Daily Times Foreign domestic helpers rallied yesterday during a press conference to urge for strengthened regulation of local employment agencies. The maids slammed some of the intermediaries for financially exploiting them upon their arrival in the territory. Ayu Sri Wahyuni and Erik, from the Peduli Buruh Migrant Indonesian Concern Group, disclosed
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6 May 2015, The Jordan Times AMMAN — The Indonesian government’s recent decision to ban its citizens from working in several Middle Eastern countries, including Jordan, will have a negative impact on the sector, an insider said Wednesday. Khaled Hseinat, president of the Domestic Helpers Recruitment Agencies Association (DHRAA), said a delegation from Jordan visited
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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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15 March 2015, Taipei Times LIFTING A BAN:Minister of Labor Chen Hsiung-wen said officials from Taiwan and Vietnam were meeting to discuss new regulations for Vietnamese workers Taiwan recruited 10,906 Vietnamese workers during the first two months of this year, making it Vietnam’s largest labor export market, according to the latest official data from Hanoi.
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10 March 2015, Taipei Times Negotiations with Myanmar on introducing Burmese nationals as agricultural and industrial workers could be finalized within two months, the Ministry of Labor said yesterday. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka are also seen as potential new sources of labor to mitigate an expected shortfall of migrant workers, Workforce Development Agency director Liu
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1 March 2015, Taipei Times The biggest problem for Indonesian workers in Taiwan are the “exorbitant” brokerage fees, which are unacceptable, Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Workers official Agusdin Sabiantoro said on Friday. Sabiantoro said that a major problem for his nation’s migrant workers has been the excessively high fees manpower brokers
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22 February 2015, Times of Oman Muscat: As governments commit to new labour contracts designed to safeguard their citizens overseas, the debate over fair pay and conditions for expatriate maids in Oman has reopened. Some employers in Sultanate have expressed “disappointment” over increasing procedural difficulties when trying to hire domestic staff, while champions of migrant
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