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‘Too costly’ for Saudi firms: They stop hiring workers from Bangladesh

2 September 2015, The Daily Star Recruitment offices in Saudi Arabia have decided to stop hiring Bangladeshi domestic workers, claiming that a supply crunch has raised costs, says Arab News. According to a report the local English daily ran yesterday, Ibrahim Al-Megheimish, a recruitment expert, said there were too few Bangladeshi workers seeking employment, which […]

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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants

11 August 2015 The thematic section of the SR’s report discusses the impact of recruitment practices on the human rights of migrants, particularly low-wage workers, during labour migration. The report outlines the trends relating to recruitment practices and human rights of migrant workers. The report also takes up many of the recommendations put forward by the

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Israel calling

7 August 2015, Nepali Times Nepal and Israel have signed an agreement allowing Nepali women to work as caretakers in the Jewish state. Department of Foreign Employment (DoFE)’s Director General Bharat Raj Subedi and Israeli ambassador to Nepal Yaron Mayer signed an agreement on Friday, revoking the ban on Nepali women caretakers in Israel. Five

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Taiwan, Philippines sign cooperation guidelines on hiring workers

4 August 2015, WantChinaTimes.com Workers from the Philippines will be able to travel to Taiwan for work in two or three weeks at the earliest after Taiwan and the Philippines signed cooperation guidelines Monday on worker recruitment, management and service. The agreement was reached at the sixth ministerial conference between labor ministers of the two

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Causes of and potential redress for high recruitment and migration costs in Bangladesh

ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative, 24 June 2015 Study on Bangladesh’s efforts to make international recruitment cost effective, transparent, and consistent by bringing into force a variety of measures. Regulatory governance of international recruitment is the crux of the challenges associated with international labour migration. This study suggests that Bangladesh has been trying to make international recruitment

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ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative

In response to the challenges of migrant labour recruitment, the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched in 2014 a global “Fair Recruitment Initiative” to: help prevent human trafficking and forced labour protect the rights of workers, including migrant workers, from abusive and fraudulent practices during the recruitment and placement process (including pre-selection, selection, transportation, placement and safe return)

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Nepal: Recruitment firms picket against changes to overseas recruitment

29 June 2015, Daily News Overseas recruitment firms in Nepal picketed the country’s Department of Foreign Employment (DOFE) last week. Demanding that the new mandate that foreign employers pay visa and travel fees for Nepalese migrant workers be revoked, reports ekantipur.com. Around 300 protesters chanted slogans and waved placards demanding the resignation of the State

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Two migrant workers return from Brunei empty-handed

14 May 2015, The Daily Star Two migrant workers returned from Brunei penniless early today after they were cheated by two Bangladeshi recruiting agencies with the promise of lucrative salaries abroad. Arriving at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka on 12:30am on a Malaysian Airlines flight, they went straight to the expatriates’ welfare and overseas

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