By Migrantwatch.org Over a year has passed since Kuwait’s parliament approved a law on the recruitment and employment of domestic workers. The new law was widely celebrated by state officials and international organizations for its “slow progress” i... read more
7 March 2016, Gulf Digital News Expatriate workers made up 83 per cent of the workforce in Kuwait by the end of 2015, to top 2.138 million. Foreigners working as maidservants and other domestic helpers represented more than the quarter of the expatriate c... read more
20 March 2015, Kuwait Times KUWAIT: The India government has issued an order yesterday banning overseas recruitment of nurses by private agencies stating that only an authorized government agency can conduct nursing recruitments. The order becomes effecti... 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
15 January 2015, my República KATHMANDU, Jan 15: The government is preparing to lower the ceiling for fees that aspirant overseas workers pay to recruitment firms. The Ministry of Labor and Employment is mulling over lowering the ceiling realizing that m... read more
16 October 2014, Inquirer.net MANILA, Philippines — For misrepresentation and engaging in human trafficking activities, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has cancelled the license of Non-Stop Employment Corp., a recruitment agency... read more
18 August 2014, República KATHMANDU, August 18: The government has said that it has been negotiating with major source countries to make the recruitment process free of cost for Nepalis migrant workers. “We have been advocating for zero recruitment cos... read more
Maysa Zahra, Migration Policy Centre & Gulf Research Centre / Gulf Labour Markets & Migration, July 2014 ABSTRACT The sponsorship system of the Arab Gulf countries comprises rules and regulations that tie the residence of a migrant worker to his/h... read more
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