Gulf Times, 13 July 2014 A Qatar Foundation report has highlighted 10 key points for improving workers’ conditions in Qatar after a study found that many of them were subjected to rights violations in the home countries well before their arrival in Doha. The 160-page “Migrant Labour Recruitment to Qatar” report, specially commissioned as part of […]
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Ray Jureidini, Qatar Foundation, 2014 This report examines foreign labour recruitment into Qatar. The report is based on a study conducted to ascertain the financial and procedural circumstances that give rise to basic human rights violations during labour recruitment. Based upon the study’s findings, the aim of this report is to offer recommendations for reform
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The aim of the Colombo Process is to provide a forum for Asian labour sending countries to: Share experiences, lessons learned and best practices on overseas employment. Consult on issues faced by overseas workers, labour sending and receiving states, and propose practical solutions for the well being of overseas workers. Optimize development benefits from organized
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Chhay Channyda, The Phnom Penh Post, 25 June 2014 The government yesterday unveiled new rules that govern workers travelling abroad, among them a cap on the amount that they can be charged for the necessary documents. In addition to newly subsidised $4 passports, the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training announced during a meeting with
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Michelle Tolson, AsianCorrespondent.com, 3 July 2014 In the dusty border town of Poipet, things have quieted down compared to the previous weeks’ onslaught of trucks ferrying Cambodian migrant workers “voluntarily” back from Thailand. Ms. Pheap, a seller of beverages and small food items, said. “I never saw anything like it before. There were so many
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Amnesty International India, 2014 Saudi Arabia has attracted more low-paid Indian migrants over the last 25 years than any other country in the Gulf region. Every day, close to 1,000 Indian low-wage migrant workers are provided with emigration clearances to travel to Saudi Arabia. They are recruited to work in cafeterias, supermarkets, construction sites, and
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Arab News, 5 July 2014 The Ministry of Labor will from Sunday ban all domestic workers, including drivers and maids, from transferring their sponsorship to private firms. This is a measure to stop domestic workers from leaving their individual sponsors, which includes families, according to a report carried by the Saudi Press Agency. The ministry
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3 July 2014, National News Bureau of Thailand BANGKOK, 3 July 2014 (NNT) –The licenses of four recruitment companies have been revoked by the Ministry of Labor for different reasons. The licenses of Rungpiti Recruitment Enterprise in Bangkok and N.T.K 9 International in Nakon Ratchasima have been revoked as a result of their requests to
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International Labour Recruitment Working Group, February 2013 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Each year, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world are recruited to work in the United States on temporary work visas. Internationally recruited workers are employed in a wide range of US industries, from low-wage jobs in agriculture and landscaping to higher-wage jobs in technology,
23 June 2014, National News Bureau of Thailand BANGKOK, 22 June 2014 (NNT) -The Secretary General of the Labor Ministry said that the ministry has met with licensed private recruitment agencies to explain its solution to the migrant worker problem issued by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) and Department of Employment at
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