Immigration pact needed to thwart dodgy brokers targeting Nepalese heading to Japan, experts say
Japan Times | 8 FEbruary 2019 KATHMANDU – As Japan prepares to welcome a wave of new foreign workers, exper
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Recruitment from Uganda put on hold
Saudi Gazette | 15 February 2019 JEDDAH — More than 2,500 work visas issued to Saudi families to recruit housemaids from Uganda are on hold after the country’s government stopped sending domestic workers to the Kingdom about 45 days ago citing a numbe
Bangladesh sets sights on recruitment brokers to curb abuse and trafficking
Thomson Reuters Foundation | 11 February 2019 DHAKA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Bangladesh is planning to sideline unscrupulous recruitment brokers who dupe or exploit workers they send abroad by compiling a list of certified agents as record num
Opening manpower agencies to cost a fortune
The Himalayan Times | 11 February 2019 A parliamentary panel has endorsed a proposal to jack up cash deposit and bank guarantee required to establish a manpower agency by up to 29 times and 17 times, respectively, in a bid to tighten the noose around comp
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Good practices and provisions in multilateral and bilateral labour agreements and memoranda of understanding
Memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and bilateral labour agreements (BLAs) are important instruments between the countries of origin and countries of destination. They help regulate labour migration, protect migrant workers’ rights and guarantee condition
Shortchanged: The Big Business Behind the Low Wage J-1 Au Pair Program
Every year, tens of thousands of internationally recruited au pairs come to the United States with the promise of a cultural exchange under the J-1 visa program. Instead, many encounter wage theft, discrimination and exploitation. “Shortchanged The
Domestic Workers and Employers in the Arab States: Promising Practices and Innovative Models for a Productive Working Relationship
The domestic work sector in the Middle East is constantly evolving. No longer are domestic workers employed only to clean homes – modern households are increasingly expecting domestic workers to support the care of children during critical stages of dev
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2018 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration and Fair Recruitment
The 4th Global Media Competition on Labour Migration focuses on labour migration and the fair recruitment of migrant workers. The 2018 media competition will be contributing to the UN TOGETHER campaign (https://together.un.org/) which has the purpose of encouraging global action in promoting non-discrimination and addressing the problem of rising xenophobia against refugees and migrants.
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