News 18, India, 14 October 2018 - Non-Gujaratis were targeted after a native of Bihar was arrested for allegedly raping the toddler in Sabarkantha district on September 28. The attacks triggered an exodus of Hindi-speaking workers from Gujarat.
The Sydney Morning Herald, Vanuatu, 14 October 2018 - Migrant farm workers from Vanuatu have won a significant financial settlement after a landmark legal claim that used new laws designed to protect vulnerable workers from exploitation.
South China Morning Post, China, 11 October 2018 - On a rainy summer day, 52-year-old Wang Zhaogang paused to catch his breath after every four or five steps. He was wrapped up against the elements, since even a common cold could be enough to kill him, and his laboured breath emitted a deep wheezing sound.
UCA News, India, 11 October 2018 - Thousands of internal migrant workers have fled communal attacks in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state in western India, sparked by the alleged rape of a 14-month-old baby girl.
International Labour Organization, Vietnam, 10 October 2018 - The 11th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour with the theme “Digitalization to Promote Decent Work for Migrant Workers in ASEAN” will focus on how leveraging digitalization can protect the rights of workers through increased transparency in migration management.
The Print, India, 6 October 2018 - In BBC Hindi, Kirtish Bhatt imagines a conversation between migrant workers who are being forced to leave Gujarat due to recent violence that has been unleashed in the state.
Maldives Independent, Maldives, 6 October 2018 - The Human Rights Commission lamented Thursday the mistreatment and unsuitable living conditions of migrant workers in the Maldives.
The Nation, Thailand, 6 October 2018 - Myanmar migrant workers who want to find employment in Thailand must go through the conditions of a MoU signed between the two countries on October 4, the country's Labour Department has announced.
Mirror Business, Qatar, 5 October 2018 - The Government of Qatar will soon be simplifying the migrant work visa application process that will expedite the visa processing for Sri Lankan migrant workers.
Hankyoreh, Korea, 4 October 2018 - “K,” a female migrant worker employed on a farm, filed a report with the local employment and labor office in Chungju in March 2018 accusing the business’s owner of sexual harassment. The owner patted K’s buttocks several times and sent sexually harassing text messages to her mobile phone.
The Kathmandu Post, Nepal, 29 September 2018 - After months of deliberation, Nepal and Malaysia have reached closer to a landmark deal as both the governments have agreed on a draft of the labour agreement that will relieve Nepali workers from paying fees for jobs in Malaysia.
The Daily Star, Bangladesh, 28 September 2018 - Try as we might to reconcile the two trends in Bangladesh's development story, one consistently positive and the other indicative of a lack of distributive justice, we may fail to make the pieces of the puzzle fit, and therefore, marvel at it as a “miracle” development.
Malaysiakini, Malaysia, 28 September 2018 - The majority of workers (about 85 percent) in oil palm plantations in Malaysia are migrant workers from neighbouring countries such as Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal, Cambodia and India. In some plantations, there are also workers from the refugee Rohingya communities.
Channel News Asia, Indonesia, 28 September 2018 - She was once the face of abused maids in Hong Kong - imprisoned, starved and beaten so badly she lost control of her bodily functions.
Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia, 28 September 2018 - The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) has welcomed the finance ministry’s decision to retract its earlier statement on the levy for migrant workers to be split 80-20 between workers and employers.
