4 March 2016, Mynmar Times While Malaysia continues to maintain its moratorium on receiving any further foreign workers, the country is attempting to regularise the status of those already within the country’s borders. Malaysia announced it will be wor... read more
2 September 2015, Khaleej Times The Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs on Monday issued an order directing changes in the system. The Indian government has modified its online recruitment system after a plethora of complaints from foreign employers, work... read more
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
24 December 2014, Arab News There are at least 30 violations recorded on a daily basis involving the smuggling of maids into the Eastern Province from Bahrain and other Gulf nations, officials from local recruitment offices have said. They said that smugg... read more
Saudi Press Agency, 1 September 2014 The Ministry of Labor has suspended the issuance of recruitment visas granted for three African countries infected with Ebola virus, namely Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone. This action has been taken as part of preven... read more
9 August 2014, The Business Recorder ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Labour of Saudi Arabia has issued more than 220,000 visas to recruitment companies and establishments in both the private and public sector, said Abdulaziz Al-Harbi, director-general of emplo... read more
International Labour Recruitment Working Group, February 2013 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Each year, hundreds of thousands of people from around the world are recruited to work in the United States on temporary work visas. Internationally recruited workers are empl... read more