31 March 2015, The National UAE ABU DHABI. Filipino workers being sent to non-existent jobs in Dubai have highlighted the desire of recruiters to increase profits through deception and circumventing the law, experts say. Thirty Filipinas who came to work ... read more
28 March 2015, Emirates 24/7 UAE, IOM agree to conduct study on Labour Recruitment Industry The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the International Organisation for Migration have recently signed an agreement to conduct a field study about the Labour Recruit... read more
17 February 2015, New Vision KAMPALA – The Ugandan ministry of gender, labour and social development has released a list (at bottom of page) of only 25 licensed private overseas recruitment companies in Uganda. The companies complied with the requir... read more
Migrant Workers’ Rights on Saadiyat Island in the United Arab Emirates: 2015 Progress Report, Human Rights Watch, 2015 SUMMARY “Migrant Workers’ Rights on Saadiyat Island in the United Arab Emirates: 2015 Progress Report,” is the third Human Right... read more
Watch this powerful video from Human Rights Watch, detailing migrants’ rights violations throughout the migration process.
8 February 2015, The National Private recruitment agencies are urged to renew their expired licences or risk administrative fines starting on March 5, the Ministry of Labour warned. The Cabinet has decided to reduce the amount of the fine for non-renewa... 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
9 January 2015, The Gulf Today DUBAI: More Filipinos have been projected to be in the service industry of the UAE specifically in Dubai and the Northern Emirates in the next five years leading to the Expo 2020. Interviewed, Labour Attache Delmer Cruz also... read more
10 December 2014, GulfNews.com Ministry of Labour trying out recruiting portal Dubai: Labourers or workers that have been recruited through a recruiting agency to the UAE are most at risk of human trafficking in the trial period — temporary work — and... read more