Bangladeshis migrate to 165 countries for jobs
New Age Bangladesh | 5 November 2018 Though Bangladeshi workers migrate to 165 countries for jobs, Bangladesh sig
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Drop in permits to work in Malaysia
Kathmandu Post | 23 December 2018 The number of permits issued to Nepalis aspiring to work in various countries has gone down in the past few months. In the first four months of the current fiscal year, the Department of Foreign Employment issued a total
No freeze on foreign workers
Daily Express | 23 December 2019 Tawau: The new Pakatan government has never put a freeze on hiring foreign workers except for Bangladeshi workers. It wants only the best workers sent to Malaysia and not end up a dumping ground for “trash”. Hu
Govt starts process of sending workers to Japan from April
The Himalayan 21 December 2018 Owing to its reputation of being a safe and reliable destination for migrant workers, the government has started formal negotiations with Japan to supply Nepali workers. Earlier, the Japanese government had formally announce
Action Research on Recruitment Trends
“Profiting from the Precarious: How Recruitment Practices Exploit Migrant Workers”
Fay Faraday, Metcalfe Foundation, April 2014 Over the past decade, Canadian employers have increasingly demanded access to a “flexible” workforce of transnational migrant workers. Canadian laws and policies have responded, speeding the flow of workers
Gaming the System: Guest Worker Visa Programs and Professional and Technical Workers in the U.S.
Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO (2012) Executive Summary An array of skilled worker visas, including the H-1B, L, and J, is available to employers seeking guest workers. In FY2010 alone, over 350,000 guest worker visas, as well as OPT, were
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2018 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration and Fair Recruitment
The 4th Global Media Competition on Labour Migration focuses on labour migration and the fair recruitment of migrant workers. The 2018 media competition will be contributing to the UN TOGETHER campaign (https://together.un.org/) which has the purpose of encouraging global action in promoting non-discrimination and addressing the problem of rising xenophobia against refugees and migrants.
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