CNN - July 1, 2011. Beginning Saturday, Saudi Arabia will suspend the issuance of visas to domestic workers from Indonesia, the latest move in what may be a tit-for-tat game of economics and human rights.
US Department of State - June 27, 2011. The US Department of State just released the Trafficking in Persons Report 2011.
The Daily Yumiyuri - June 29, 2011. The U.S. State Department said in its annual Trafficking in Persons Report that some conditions faced by participants in Japan's foreign trainee program were similar to those seen in human trafficking operations.
Deutsche Welle - June 28, 2011. Remittances sent back from migrants make up a big share of some national economies – but many of those workers are exploited abroad. Journalist Kalinga Seneviratne says the media must do more to raise awareness.
ITUC - June 16, 2011. The International Trade Union Confederation today welcomed the historical adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention and Recommendation by the International Labour Organisation, but called on the ILO to ensure governments around the world were put on notice about protecting the millions of people in the domestic work sphere.
Daily Mirror - June 20, 2011. The world is seeing the greatest mobility of people in human history. Hundreds of millions are on the move – many without authorisation – to wealthier and growing economies north and south. The consequences of these migration flows are challenging the capacities and finances of government authorities and intergovernmental organisations as well as public attitudes towards immigrants.
The Age - June 17, 2011. Australia is now home to more than 2 million people born in Asia - and they are on the brink of overtaking the European-born population for the first time in our history.
HRW - May 31, 2011. Weak Protections as Global Body Finalizes Comprehensive Standards.
BBC - June 16, 2011. A Malaysian couple has been charged with the murder of an Indonesian maid.
ILO (press release) - June 16, 2011. The government, worker and employer delegates at the 100th annual Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on Thursday, 16 June adopted a historic set of international standards aimed at improving the working conditions of tens of millions of domestic workers worldwide.
Daily Mirror - June 13, 2011. Regional councils and businesses will be given a say in shaping Australia's skilled migrant intake to ensure workers with the right mix of capabilities are being bonded to their community.
AFP -June 12, 2011. After shattering his left heel bone when he fell off a ladder, Chinese national Ah Ping's already difficult life as a labourer in Singapore took a sharp turn for the worse.
Migrant Rights - June 11, 2011. Kuwait has always been heavily criticized for the treatment of migrant workers and the little attention media and the government give this serious issue.
Bangkok Post - June 13, 2011. Labour activists are to petition the International Labour Organisation today over Thailand's alleged continuing failure to protect the rights of Burmese migrant workers.
ILO - May 16, 2011. According to the 2011 ILO Global Report on Discrimination, migrant workers encounter discrimination on a daily basis. While many of them are already at risk of all kinds of abuse, they also became the first victims of the financial and economic crisis, the report says. ILO Online reports from the Russian Federation which has been the biggest receiving, sending and transit country for migrant workers in Eastern Europe and Central Asia since the early 1990s.
