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Thailand-Vietnam MoU on labour to take effect soon

23 December 2015, The Nation An agreement between Thailand and Vietnam on migrant labour is expected to take effect early next year. Thailand is also preparing to take workers from two other Asean nations under memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for the upcoming Asean Economic Community. Labour Minister General Sirichai Dithakul met yesterday with delegates from Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia […]

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Five deals inked with Thailand

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21 December 2015, The Phnom Penh Post Prime Minister Hun Sen signed five deals with his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha during a state visit on Friday and Saturday, aiming to strengthen bilateral ties, ramp up trade and improve the conditions of migrant workers. The prime ministers agreed to step up border patrols to combat logging,

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Ethiopia: Protecting Labour Migrants Through Legal Means

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28 August 2015, The Ethiopia Herald EDITORIAL Labour migration, which has been mounting nowadays, is being favored by young Ethiopians from rural Ethiopia as a strategy for moving out of poverty. Generally, the immediate cause for migration is search for employment and a better life, which is not far from the truth, but only partially.

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Provision to be enlisted in labour pacts

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19 July 2015, Kathmandu Post KATHMANDU, JUL 19 – In a bid to institutionalise the newly introduced provision of free visa and ticket, the government has planned to mention “minimum cost recruitment” in all bilateral labour agreements it signs with the major labour receiving countries. Senior officials at the Ministry of Foreign Employment claim that

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Brokers swaying demand for migrant workers?

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29 June 2015, Malaysiakini.com MP SPEAKS Last Thursday, Home Affairs Minister Ahmad Zahid said approximately 1.5 million workers from Bangladesh would be brought to Malaysia in stages, over three years, to meet the demands of employers from various sectors. Yesterday he indicated that these workers will be brought into the country once the existing undocumented

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Macao pledges to recruit 5,000 Burmese workers

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24 November 2014, dvb.no An MoU has been signed between Macau and Burma for the former Portuguese colony to take in 5,000 Burmese migrant workers per year. The Myanmar Overseas Employment Agency Association and its Macanese counterpart on Friday signed the MoU at Rangoon’s Yuzana Hotel. In addition to contracting Burmese workers, the non-binding contract

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G-to-G Worker Recruitment Mechanism To Bring Costs Down

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24 October 2014, Bernama.com.my KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 (Bernama) — Malaysia and Bangladesh intend to carry out the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia on a government-to-government (G-to-G) arrangement, without the involvement of any third party, agent, outsourcing company or employer. The Human Resources Ministry said this mechanism would minimise the recruitment cost from RM13,000

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Govt, Fronditha strike overseas recruitment deal

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8 August 2014, Australian Ageing Agenda Ethno-specific aged care provider Fronditha Care has been given the green light to sponsor 60 overseas personal care workers in the first agreement to be struck with the Federal Government. It comes amid growing calls for personal care workers to be added to the Skilled Occupations List. The three-year

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Bangladesh eyed to fill labour gap: Dhaka to send workers into fisheries

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1 August 2014, Bangkok Post The Labour Ministry is ready to import Bangladeshi labourers to work in the fishing industry if there is still a worker shortage following registrations of migrant workers from three neighbouring countries. Permanent secretary for labour Jeerasak Sukhonthachart yesterday said Bangladesh’s ambassador to Thailand Kazi Imtiaz Hossain recently met him to

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Gov. Brown signs migrant worker, economic deals with Mexico

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30 July 2014, SFGate Gov. Brown and Mexican officials signed agreements on economic cooperation and migrant workers this morning, wrapping up Brown’s three-day trade and investment trip to Mexico. On migrant workers, the two sides will look to create “a voluntary pilot program to help prevent abuses in the recruitment of Mexican H-2 temporary workers

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