Rappler | 6 November 2018 MANILA, Philippines (UPDATED) – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) launched on Tuesday, November 6, its overseas Filipino worker (OFW) e-card, a membership card that provides easier access to government benefits
New Age Bangladesh | 5 November 2018 Though Bangladeshi workers migrate to 165 countries for jobs, Bangladesh signed bilateral agreements with only two countries, MOU with 11 and MOC with one. Absence of formal arrangements with most of the destination co
Vietnam Net | 5 November 2018 Tran Tien Duy, deputy head of Nhat Huy Khang Company, said labour demand increases near the year-end. According to Duy, this is when Japan usually starts their fiscal year and the country prioritises Vietnamese labourers.
Today Online | 5 November 2018 SINGAPORE — Forget about Singapore’s foreign worker curbs easing up — at least on the low-skilled end. Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat says the policy to limit the inflow of cheap non-Singaporean labour has forced comp
News Hub New Zealand | 5 November 2018 The horticulture and viticulture industries are set to benefit from the Government’s decision to allow more overseas seasonal workers. The Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme will increase the cap on fore
Khmer Times | 5 november 2018 There were about 1.8 million documented and undocumented migrant workers working overseas in the first six months of this year, an increase of nearly 20,000 when compared to the same period last year, according to the Nationa
Kuensel Online | 3 November 2018 Bhutan — Starting this month, work permits for foreign workers in four occupations will not be renewed and issued according to labour ministry officials. The move is in line with the Regulation on Recruitment and Man
Published by Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME) Singapore and Liberty Shared The report examines the issue of forced labour (FL) among Singapore’s migrant domestic worker (MDW) population. Enaged in essential care and household
Japan Times | 4 November 2018 Some 40,000 foreign workers are expected to be accepted in the first year the new visa categories go into effect, with the total rising to 250,000 after five years, government sources said Saturday. The government, which subm
The Daily Star Bangladesh 2 November 2018 Kuala Lumpur has opposed Dhaka’s proposal for giving the undocumented Bangladeshi migrants in Malaysia a fresh chance to legalise themselves, say officials at the expatriates’ welfare ministry. The und