7 December 2014, bqdoha.com A businessman’s tale of how things went horribly wrong. Last year, in August, my firm was subcontracted to work on a very prominent project in Qatar. I needed slightly over 200 skilled civil workers for the project and I decided to fly to Katmandu, Nepal, when the recruitment agency told me […]
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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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18 November 2014, The Daily Star Migration experts and development activists yesterday laid emphasis on strong coordination among government and recruiting agencies and employers to ensure female migrants’ rights. A section of Bangladeshi female migrants everyday face different forms of workplace abuse, primarily physical and sexual, and are exploited either by employers or recruiting agents,
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6 November 2014, Daily Express KOTA KINABALU: Indonesian workers are still the preferred workforce based on the experience of oil palm industry players in West Malaysia. East Malaysia Planters Association (Empa) Chairman Datuk Othman Walat said however, the association has no objection to any of its members trying out Bangladeshi workers in their plantation. “In
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October 2014, Urban Institute & Northeastern University On October 21st, the Urban Institute and Northeastern University released a new study on labour trafficking to the United States. The report examines the labour trafficking process, from recruitment, to migration, to the workplace, to escape from exploitative and sometimes violent circumstances. Chapter four is dedicated to the recruitment
26 October 2014, Dhaka Tribune The country will appoint a labour attaché at its embassy in Dhaka from the beginning of the next year. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will simplify the procedure of recruiting manpower from Bangladesh. To do it, the country will appoint a labour attaché at its embassy in Dhaka from the
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23 October 2014, Huffington Post Imagine that you are offered a job overseas. It promises a salary you couldn’t dream of making at home. You’ve heard that the work is difficult and sometimes dangerous, and you’ll have to stay overseas for at least two years with only limited contact with your family. But you have
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10 October 2014, The Daily Star BEIRUT: Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi Friday ordered the closure of two domestic worker recruitment agencies in south Lebanon for violating regulations. According to a ministry statement, Azzi issued an order to shut down one agency in the town of Bint Jbeil and another in Tyre. The minister said he
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6 October 2014, Focus Taiwan News Channel Taipei, Oct. 6 (CNA) Agriculture chief Chen Bao-ji said Monday that importing farm workers is “inevitable” and that his Council of Agriculture will draft a national policy for that purpose “as soon as possible.” Chen made his remarks during a meeting with a group of young farmers in
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7 October 2014, Arab News The annual recruitment of nearly 1.2 million foreign workers has hampered the Kingdom’s nationalization initiatives, said Saudi economists and experts, while urging the government to review its recruitment policy. “We recruit about 1.2 million foreign workers annually at a time when we have more than a million Saudi job seekers,”
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