Human Rights Watch, October 2014 Human Rights Watch has released its new report on the human and labour rights violations, which include a range of abuses and forms of exploitation throughout the migration journeys of many female domestic workers in the ... read more
23 October 2014, Huffington Post Imagine that you are offered a job overseas. It promises a salary you couldn’t dream of making at home. You’ve heard that the work is difficult and sometimes dangerous, and you’ll have to stay overseas fo... read more
22 October 2014, The Phnom Penh Post A recruiter was charged yesterday with duping 24 migrant worker hopefuls out of more than $40,000 in exchange for jobs in South Korea that she allegedly had no means of delivering. The workers went to Em Sam Ouen’s C... read more
21 October 2014, The Phnom Penh Post Twenty-five migrant workers who claim they were duped out of hundreds of dollars by a Phnom Penh-based recruitment agency promising jobs in Thailand were repatriated yesterday after being arrested and detained by Thai ... read more
“The International Labour Organization (ILO) is devoted to promoting social justice and internationally recognized human and labour rights, pursuing its founding mission that labour peace is essential to prosperity. Today, the ILO helps advance the ... read more
To enhance our collective knowledge on recruitment modalities operating internationally, the Open Working Group on Labour Migration & Recruitment is collaborating on a global study on migrant labour recruitment. Volunteer researchers are administering... read more
A small but growing number of “ethical recruiters” have entered the global labour recruitment market, committed to a no-fees-for-workers business model and to following codes of conduct outlining principles of fairness and respect for worker rights.... read more
An all-too-common reality for migrant workers is the risk that they will be asked—even coerced—to sign multiple contracts outlining different terms of employment. Unscrupulous recruiters make false promises to prospective migrants, convincing the... read more
Across the world, unscrupulous recruitment agencies and their sub-agents charge workers high fees to connect them with foreign employers. To pay these fees, migrant workers and their families take on large debts at high interest rates. These debts ca... read more
ILO Asia-Pacific Working Paper Series, October 2013 Authors: Max Tunon & Khleang Rim ABSTRACT It is projected that Cambodia’s labour force will grow by 22 per cent between 2007 and 2015. An estimated 250,000 to 300,000 new young workers are entering... read more