France 24 | 4 October 2018 A “mafia” of recruitment agents is trapping Myanmar migrants to Thailand in debt bondage despite a 2017 law meant to fight exploitation in the kingdom’s notoriously shadowy job market, activists and workers say. The Myanmar brokers — or their sub-agents — scour rural villages for workers and transfer all […]
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Obrero (worker) is a film about Filipino construction workers temporarily migrating to Christchurch, New Zealand for the earthquake rebuild. The project is comprised of three media formats: the documentary film, the interactive documentary (i-doc), and a social media page. Aside from using multiple platforms, Obrero also employs a transjournalistic mode of representation, expanding the reportage
Reuters | 12 September DOHA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Migrant workers outnumber the local workforce in Qatar by nearly 20 to one. Most are from the Philippines, South Asia and Africa, and about 800,000 work in the construction sector. Stung by allegations of migrant worker abuse and under increased scrutiny as it prepares to host
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Straits Times | 10 September 2018 SINGAPORE – The Manpower Ministry (MOM) took action against 23 employment agencies from 2015 to 2017 for overcharging foreign workers in agency fees, said Minister of State for Manpower Zaqy Mohamad on Monday (Sept 10). Three agencies were prosecuted and had their licences revoked, while the rest were given
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Al Jazeera | 10 September 2018 With high demand for migrant labour workers in the Gulf, especially in the construction sector, competition among agencies providing the workforce is fierce. In order to minimise expenses, the contractors omit recruitment costs from the tender when they bid. “If an employer is not prepared to pay, it ends
Up to $10,000: What migrant workers pay for a job in GCC Read More »
New Age Bangladesh | 5 September 2018 For most of the expatriate workers who come from a comparatively poorer background, mostly from rural areas, the migration cost is too high, even, sometimes, beyond their means. But job-seekers continue to be cheated by the so-called human resources business organisations and their associates, who charge them more
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New Age Bangladesh | 4 September 2018 A cartel of 14 recruiting agencies chosen by the government of Bangladesh for sending workers to Singapore has been blamed for increasing the migration costs. The syndicate compels each worker to pay at least Tk eight lakh for migrating to Singapore though the Ministry of Expatriates Welfare and
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Kathmandu Post | 30 August 2018 Nepal and Malaysia are close to striking a historic pact that is expected to streamline the overall process of hiring Nepali workers as well as ensuring their labour rights. The two governments are currently reviewing the agreement’s draft and incorporating their respective concerns before the document is finalised. The
Nepal and Malaysia set to end workers’ woes Read More »
The Daily Star | 31 August 2018 The much talked about 10 recruiting agents, accused of monopoly in labour recruitment in Malaysia, said they had no control over the excessive migration cost. They held a press conference yesterday at The Westin Dhaka amid media reports accusing the agencies of monopoly and charging exorbitant fees from
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Migration News Bangladesh | 27 August 2018 Reducing migration costs remain as a big challenge for Bangladesh though the Malaysian government decided to postpone hiring migrant workers from Bangladesh under the government to government plus recruitment system, controlled by a syndicate of 10 recruiting agencies in Bangladesh. Apart from lowering cost of migration, maintaining healthy
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