25 September 2014, The Irrawaddy CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Thai authorities in the border town of Mae Sot have arrested scores of Burmese migrant workers and a group of Thai nationals accused of illegally recruiting them, the Burmese Embassy in Bangkok has... read more
28 August 2014, The Cambodia Daily A group of 50 migrant workers on Wednesday protested outside a branch of a recruitment agency in Phnom Penh’s Sen Sok district that they say duped them out of $260 they paid for a guarantee of employment in Thailand. T... read more
22 August 2014, The Phnom Penh Post Nearly 200 Cambodian migrant workers who were scammed by their broker and then abandoned south of Bangkok earlier this week are among the latest victims falling between the cracks of an ill-defined labour registration s... read more
18 August 2014, eKantipur.com KATHMANDU, AUG 18 – The government is preparing to request Malaysia to repatriate thousands of Nepali migrant workers who have been stranded in the Islamic kingdom. The move could benefit at least 40,000 Nepali workers ... read more
11 August 2014, The Diplomat Often cheated and frequently facing atrocious working conditions, young Nepalese are still flocking abroad for work. Confronted with a lack of employment opportunities at home, every day 1,500 or more young Nepalese go aboard ... read more
6 August 2014, Times of Oman Muscat: A Pakistani blue collar worker is battling for his life against suspected, potentially contagious, brain fever at the Royal Hospital’s intensive care unit. The Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) Hospital medics said ... read more