6 July 2016, China Post Six major migrant recruitment agencies protested outside the Legislative Yuan Tuesday morning against an amendment that would cancel requirements for migrants to leave Taiwan every three years, which the agencies claim will cost Ta... read more
International Labour Organisation, 2016 There are different types of practices to support better recruitment of migrant workers. They generally vary according to context, regulation, stakeholders and the type of organisation or system that is used to orga... read more
1 June 2016, Transient Workers Count too The great majority of transnational migrant workers pay money in order to obtain jobs in other countries. The charges are often exorbitant. Most of the money goes to middlemen: agents in their own country or in des... read more
30 May 2016, Khmer Times In an attempt to protect the interests and safety of Cambodian maids who travel to Malaysia, the Association of Cambodian Recruitment Agencies (ACRA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Malaysia National Association of... read more
22 May 2016, Saudi Gazette The Ministry of Labor and Social Development has announced that the recruitment of Indonesian domestic workers takes a maximum of one month after the issuance of the visa. This was announced after the ministry signed an agreemen... read more
21 May 2016, Gulf Times As many as 50 recruitment agencies based in Qatar have pledged to engage in “responsible recruitment and placement” of migrant workers, an official of the Philippine Overseas Labour Office (Polo) in Doha has said. Labour attach... read more
11 May 2016, Philippine Information Agency Labor and Employment Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz yesterday urged the public to support the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration’s social media-based anti-illegal recruitment (AIR) campaign. ... read more
25 April 2016, The Himalayan Times After a month-long protest against the police raid in some manpower firms, the Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies held talks with the Ministry of Labour and Employment to sort out the disputes. Manpower fir... read more
17 April 2016, Qatar Living Former deputy PM and foreign minister of Nepal, UCPN (Maoist) leader Narayan Kai Shrestha has asked the government of Qatar to permit migrant workers from Nepal to enter Qatar under a free-visa and free-ticket policy. The reque... read more
22 March 2016, Business Standard Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia have inked an agreement to set up an electronic system that would streamline recruitment from the island nation. Saudi Deputy Labor Minister for Customer and Labor Relations Ziad Al-Sayegh has sa... read more