PETALING JAYA: Only RM9,000 from about RM20,000 paid by Bangladeshi workers went to 10 authorised recruitment agents operated by a syndicate. A Bangladeshi businessman who claimed that he was the spokesman for the 10 companies based in Dhaka said the rest of the money was distributed to middlemen, including those in villages. He told The […]
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Ramu Sapkota in Kathmandu with Alyaa Alhadjri in Kuala Lumpur Nepali Times | 20 July 2018 A deeply-rooted nexus of politicians, businessmen and bureaucrats in Nepal and Malaysia have looted more than Rs5 billion over the past five years from vulnerable Nepali migrant workers desperate to seek work in Malaysia. Nepal’s Labour Minister Gokarna Bista
By: Patrick Ryan The National | 26 June 2018 Domestic workers will have more protection in the UAE after the introduction of new recruitment fees, according to the head of legal aid at the Philippine Embassy and Consulate. The fees, which were announced by the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation on Tuesday, will be
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By Austin Grabish CBC News| 9 Oct 2017 A Manitoba pork processing plant is suing a Toronto recruiter and former staffer for allegedly misleading foreign workers and persuading them to quit their jobs at the plant to work with companies from which the recruiter allegedly benefited financially. The lawsuit — filed on Sept. 19 by
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A powerful feature documentary by multiple award-winning director Min Sook Lee (El Contrato, Hogtown, Tiger Spirit) and Emmy award-winning producer Lisa Valencia-Svensson (Herman’s House), tells the undertold story of migrant agricultural workers struggling against Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) that treats foreign workers as modern-day indentured labourers. Under the rules of Canada’s migrant labour
By: Jim Rankin The Star Canada | 8 October 2017 Convinced by friends that Canada’s low-wage temporary foreign worker program would provide a better life for her family, Gina Bahiwal borrowed $6,000 to pay a recruiter in the Philippines to take care of paperwork and get her a job. Within nine months she was in
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Taipei, Sept. 22 (CNA) The head of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (MECO) in Taipei has expressed the hope that there will be more direct hiring of Filipino migrant workers in Taiwan to spare the workers the burden of hefty brokerage fees. In an interview with CNA earlier this week, MECO Chairman and Resident
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Sarwat Nasir | July 24, 2017 Khaleej Times Khaleej Times spoke to two maids who said their previous employers did not give them any days off or their gratuity. Housemaids are desperately waiting for the new domestic workers law to be implemented, as many claim they are overworked by their employers. Khaleej Times spoke to
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By: Lynzy Valles Macau Daily Times | April 21, 2017 Following the MSAR’s new restrictions on the duration of stay for non-resident workers who leave their place of employment, migrant workers are more likely to cling to recruitment agencies in hopes of finding immediate employment. Yet these firms are the stuff of horror stories. Indonesian
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By: Shahiduzzaman Khan Financial Express Bangladesh | 15 April 2017 After exports, inward remittance from the expatriates is the second highest revenue earning sector for Bangladesh. But the country suffered 2.55 per cent fall in inward remittances last fiscal year (FY). According to official statistics, the inflow of remittances came down to US$14.93 billion last
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