5 February 2015, News Next International Desk: Bangladesh is ready to send over two million trained workers to Saudi Arabia including 500,000 maids to meet the Kingdom’s labour requirement, reported Arab News. The workforce would include engineers, maids, nurses and drivers, said Consul General Shahidul Karim in comments published on Wednesday. Saudi has already set […]
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31 January 2015, Press Trust of India Police today busted a Gulf country job racket by arresting three persons and seized over 200 passports from them. Based on credible information, the sleuths of Commissioner’s Task Force, (North Zone) nabbed the agents who were cheating the unemployed youth and carrying the business of recruitment for deployment
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28 January 2015, The Star PETALING JAYA: The visa-processing fee for Indonesian workers headed to Malaysia has seen a steep hike – from RM15 to RM250 – and angry employment agency operators have threatened to stop sending workers here. Asosiasi Perusahaan Jasa Tenaga Kerja Indonesia (Apjati), which represents over 500 agencies, has written to the
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8 September 2014, The Daily Star Lebanon BEIRUT: Migrant worker recruitment agencies are making elaborate profits off the back of migrant domestic workers who continue to face extremely harsh labor and living conditions in Lebanon, a new report said. “The report found that those migrant domestic workers interviewed as part of this study are victims
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9 September 2014, Tanzania Daily News THE government has unveiled its approved list of qualified labour recruitment agencies, which are permitted to work in the country. Speaking with reporters in Dar es Salaam, on Monday, the Communications Officer in the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Mr Ridhiwan Wema, said that the move is aimed at
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13 July 2014, Big Project Labour recruitment processes in Qatar are “unethical” and need to be dealt with in accordance with government support, as per a report recently prepared for Qatar Foundation, a government, not-for-profit body in the country. ‘Migrant Labour Recruitment to Qatar’ was authored for Qatar Foundation by Dr Ray Jureidini, director for
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14 June 2014, Leader-Post He was too sick to eat, and Min Min Chan’s chest ached with each breath he sucked. It didn’t matter: The Thai captain warned him to get back on deck and start hauling fish onto the trawler or be tossed overboard. As a 17-year-old slave stuck in the middle of the
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23 June 2014, National News Bureau of Thailand BANGKOK, 22 June 2014 (NNT) -The Secretary General of the Labor Ministry said that the ministry has met with licensed private recruitment agencies to explain its solution to the migrant worker problem issued by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and Department of Employment at
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22 June 2014, The Jordan Times AMMAN — The Ministry of Labour on Sunday said the by-law governing work permits of guest workers is in line with current economic conditions and the national recruitment strategy. The ministry said the strategy stipulates the gradual replacement of guest workers with Jordanians, adding that business owners should consider hiring
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23 June 2014, Edmonton Journal EDMONTON – The organization responsible for licensing Alberta’s doctors is raising the alarm over the number of foreign physicians being recruited to the province by privately owned walk-in clinics. The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta says walk-in clinics, mostly based in Calgary and Edmonton, have sponsored 145 internationally
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