Focus Taiwan, Taiwan, 1 March 2020 - Indonesian state-owned Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) said Sunday that it has distributed thousands of surgical face masks for Indonesian migrant workers in Taiwan in an effort to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Focus Taiwan, Taiwan, 28 February 2020 - Taiwan's government is planning a campaign to get information on health and hygiene to migrant workers after an Indonesian caregiver was recently confirmed to be infected with the novel coronavirus.
South China Morning Post, Philippines, 25 February 2020 - Filipino migrant workers stranded in the country due to travel bans imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus have now been allowed to return to Hong Kong and Macau, a Philippine official said on Tuesday.
Global Voices, Thailand, 25 February 2020 - Off the shores of Thailand, a seafood industry flourishes and feeds the multi-billion-dollar global appetite for tuna, prawns, and squid. But in the ground zero of the global supply chain for seafood, exploitation and debt-bondage are standard workplace practices.
Focus Taiwan, Taiwan, 25 February 2020 - Taiwan is expanding the number of migrant workers local farm operators can hire on a trial basis this year, allowing them to work in different areas of the agriculture sector, the Council of Agriculture (COA) said Tuesday.
Malaysiakini, Jakarta, 18 February 2020 - Jakarta-based rights group Migrant Care and a union representing Indonesian migrant workers have applied to intervene in a legal challenge against the republic's law on the protection of its citizens employed overseas.
Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia, 14 February 2020 - An activist yesterday lodged a police report against three companies which he claimed had received around RM2 billion in registration and legalisation fees from illegal migrant workers but failed to get them jobs under the government’s rehiring programme.
Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia, 14 February 2020 - They pawned, borrowed and begged and left their loved ones behind in the hope of earning more money but to many migrant workers who come to Malaysia, their hopes of seeking a better life have turned into a daily nightmare as they are forced to put up with deplorable living conditions.
The Star, China, 10 February 2020 - Due to the spread of the deadly coronavirus in Wuhan, China, the Muse border gate separating Myanmar and China sees more Burmese returning.
MEMO, Saudi Arabia, 7 February 2020 - Saudi Arabia is set to abolish its employment sponsorship — Kafala – system following years of controversy over migrant workers’ rights, according to a report in the Saudi Gazette citing anonymous sources.
Aljazeera, Lebanon, 4 February 2020 - Around 250,000 migrant workers in Lebanon are excluded from labour-law protections, putting them at risk of exploitation and abuse.
Benar News, Thailand, 30 January 2020 - NGOs called on Thailand’s government to help improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of workers from neighboring countries, as a migrant advocacy group on Thursday released a report into conditions facing foreign laborers in the agricultural sector.
Free Malaysia Today, Bangladesh, 16 January 2020 - Cutting recruitment fees for Bangladeshi migrants who move to Malaysia for work under a new deal could curb human trafficking, according to officials, yet activists said Bangladesh’s migration system must be revamped in order to protect workers.
The Straits Times, Singapore, 6 January 2020 - Unlike some people who spent the recent year-end holidays at overseas resorts, Ms Isabel Phua and her six friends opted to travel to Bangladesh to visit the villages where families of some migrant workers in Singapore reside.
Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia, 3 January 2020 - I refer to the horrifying case of a Nepali foreign worker killed in a freak accident while working in a meat factory in Alor Gajah last week.
