23 December 2015, The Nation An agreement between Thailand and Vietnam on migrant labour is expected to take effect early next year. Thailand is also preparing to take workers from two other Asean nations under memorandums of understanding (MoUs) for th... read more
21 December 2015, The Phnom Penh Post Prime Minister Hun Sen signed five deals with his Thai counterpart Prayuth Chan-ocha during a state visit on Friday and Saturday, aiming to strengthen bilateral ties, ramp up trade and improve the conditions of migran... read more
28 August 2015, The Ethiopia Herald EDITORIAL Labour migration, which has been mounting nowadays, is being favored by young Ethiopians from rural Ethiopia as a strategy for moving out of poverty. Generally, the immediate cause for migration is search for ... read more
19 July 2015, Kathmandu Post KATHMANDU, JUL 19 – In a bid to institutionalise the newly introduced provision of free visa and ticket, the government has planned to mention “minimum cost recruitment” in all bilateral labour agreements it signs wi... read more
29 June 2015, Malaysiakini.com MP SPEAKS Last Thursday, Home Affairs Minister Ahmad Zahid said approximately 1.5 million workers from Bangladesh would be brought to Malaysia in stages, over three years, to meet the demands of employers from various sector... read more
24 November 2014, dvb.no An MoU has been signed between Macau and Burma for the former Portuguese colony to take in 5,000 Burmese migrant workers per year. The Myanmar Overseas Employment Agency Association and its Macanese counterpart on Friday signed th... read more
24 October 2014, Bernama.com.my KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 24 (Bernama) — Malaysia and Bangladesh intend to carry out the recruitment of Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia on a government-to-government (G-to-G) arrangement, without the involvement of any third ... read more
8 August 2014, Australian Ageing Agenda Ethno-specific aged care provider Fronditha Care has been given the green light to sponsor 60 overseas personal care workers in the first agreement to be struck with the Federal Government. It comes amid growing cal... read more
1 August 2014, Bangkok Post The Labour Ministry is ready to import Bangladeshi labourers to work in the fishing industry if there is still a worker shortage following registrations of migrant workers from three neighbouring countries. Permanent secretary ... read more
30 July 2014, SFGate Gov. Brown and Mexican officials signed agreements on economic cooperation and migrant workers this morning, wrapping up Brown’s three-day trade and investment trip to Mexico. On migrant workers, the two sides will look to create ... read more