18 November, 2014 – NZCity News A milk distribution company in Christchurch has been fined for charging a migrant worker fees for her job after they helped her get a work visa. A Christchurch milk distribution company has been fined $5000 for illega... read more
Katy Migiro, homson Reuters Foundation, 14 July 2014 NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A Kenyan woman trafficked to Saudi Arabia is being held by a recruitment agency demanding $3,400 for breach of contract before it will release her, The Star news... read more
Migrant workers pay an equivalent of two years’ salaries in fees in their home countries to unscrupulous recruiters and agencies to come work in Canada. To pay these fees, entire families go into debt. Often times, when workers arrive here, work conditi... read more
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 s... read more
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 ... read more