migration policy – Page 3 – Recruitment Reform

Assessment guide for bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding on labour migration, with a special focus on Bangladesh

Memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and bilateral labour agreements (BLAs) are important instruments between the countries of origin and countries of destination. They help regulate labour migration, protect migrant workers’ rights and guarantee conditions for decent work. The Government of Bangladesh has been developing bilateral relationships with countries in the Middle East and East Asia on […]

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Qatar: End All Migrant Worker Exit Visas: New Law Falls Short of Labor Reform Pledges

Human Rights Watch |6 September 2018 (Beirut) – The bill that Qatar’s emir signed on September 4, 2018 now allows foreign workers the right to leave the country but excludes several key groups of workers and falls short of Qatar’s reform pledges over the last year, Human Rights Watch said today. Qatar, which is hosting

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Qatar lifts exit permit system for migrant workers

Al Jazeera | 5 September 2018 Doha, Qatar – Qatar’s amendment to the residency law to allow most migrant workers to leave the country without an exit visa has been welcomed as a “huge step” by the International Organization for Labour (ILO). With this new law, migrant workers covered by the Labour Code would be

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Tokyo wants to let foreign housekeepers stay up to 5 years

Nikkei Asian Review | 5 September 2018 TOKYO — The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has proposed to the national government that foreign housekeepers be allowed to work five years in Japan, up from the current three years. Tokyo authorities believe this change would enhance the work environment of housekeepers from abroad and attract more of them

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Good practices and provisions in multilateral and bilateral labour agreements and memoranda of understanding

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Germany looks at easing immigration laws to fill skilled labor gaps

Reuters | 17 August 2018 BERLIN (Reuters) – The German cabinet will soon decide on a proposal to make it easier for skilled workers from outside the European Union to move to Germany to take a job, a paper seen by Reuters shows, as Germany seeks to alleviate chronic labor shortages. The new proposal mainly

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Nepal backs single recruitment system proposal

By Elan Perumal The Star | 19 aug 2018 KUALA LUMPUR: Nepal is hoping that Malaysia’s move to create a single system of hiring foreign workers will also smoothen the way for Malaysia to receive workers from Nepal, says its Charge d’affairs A.I. Kumar Raj Kharel. He believed this can be expedited when his country

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New law will bar recruitment companies from mobilising individual agents

Online Khabar | 17 August 2018 Kathmandu – The government is preparing to amend the existing foreign employment law, which will effectively restrict rights of recruitment companies and protect aspiring migrant workers’ rights. The government is currently mulling over the bill to amend the existing Foreign Employment Act. If the Federal Parliament endorses the bill

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