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... read more
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... read more
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... read more
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... read more
Pique News | 1 November 2018 The province has introduced a new bill that will give temporary foreign workers in B.C. greater protection against abuses, according to an announcement last week. If passed in the legislature, the B.C. government will create t... read more
The Jakarta Post | 1 November 2018 Manpower Minister Hanif Dhakiri has said he will review a scheme to send migrant workers to Saudi Arabia after the kingdom executed an Indonesian domestic worker without notifying her family or consular staff. Tuti Tursi... read more
The Daily Star | 1 November 2018 The previous Najib Razak-led Malaysian government had created the manpower syndicate which “monopolised” the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers in the Southeast Asian country, according to officials and documents obtai... read more
Daily Nation | 30 October 2018 Hundreds of Kenyan migrants employed in Qatar as domestic workers, cleaners, drivers and chefs can now come back home freely after the Middle East nation abolished its controversial exit visa system, which requires foreigner... read more
Nikkei Asian Review | 31 October 2018 TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling party on Tuesday endorsed a controversial visa program to admit more foreign workers, but only on the condition of reviewing the system within a few year... read more
The Himalayan Times | 29 October 2018 Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Security Gokarna Bista and Malaysian Human Resources Minister M Kulasegaran signed the MoU in the capital today. “This is a historical moment and a positive development for ... read more