4 May 2015, ABC (Australia) Conclusive evidence of extreme labour exploitation, slave-like conditions and black market labour gangs has been found on farms and in factories supplying Australia’s biggest supermarkets and fast food chains. A Four Corn... read more
10 April 2015, Kathmandu Post APR 10 – Earlier this week, Abdullah Saleh Mubarak Al-Khulaifi, the Qatari Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, and his team came to Kathmandu to talk about the labour issues between Nepal and Qatar. Minister Al-Khula... read more
31 January 2015, Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—A man in Manila fell prey to illegal recruiters and lost P150,000 after trusting the referral of his cousin who turned out to be an alleged accomplice of the bogus recruitment agency, police... read more
29 January 2015, The Financial Express It is a welcome piece of news that the Saudi Arabia has decided to reopen its labour market for local jobseekers after a seven-year ban on manpower recruitment from Bangladesh. The country’s overall manpower ex... read more
31 December 2014, Gulf Times A number of rules are in place to protect the interest of workers going abroad, says a Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs official. With increasing focus on problems faced by people seeking overseas jobs and those already wor... read more
1 October 2014, The Nation & Foreign Policy in Focus Excerpt: In Bangladesh, one of the most densely populated countries on the planet, more than 157 million people live on about 57,000 square miles of land. That’s a population greater than Russiaâ€... read more
17 July 2014, The Straits Times The Migrant Workers’ Centre made several critical points about fairness for migrant workers (“Greater protection and care for migrant workers needed”; last Saturday). The recruitment process is particular... read more