Stuff, New Zealand, 1 September 2019 - Migrant bosses who exploit other migrants can be deported but the sanction has not been used since being reinstated in the Immigration Act in 2015.
Taiwan News, Taiwan, 1 September 2019 - An online application for a re-entry permit is now available to migrant workers in Taiwan who wish to leave the country for a short period of time.
Taiwan News, Taiwan, 1 September 2019 - Hundreds of migrant workers along with their employers and brokers gathered Sunday at an annual talent competition in Taoyuan to promote friendship and talent through music and dance.
Taiwan News, Taiwan, 31 August 2019 - More than 200 migrant workers had to leave their dormitories at the Tatung Group’s ailing Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. (CPT, 中華映管) in Taoyuan City as power was cut off, reports said Saturday (August 31).
Khmer Times, Cambodia, 30 August 2019 - The government has repatriated 85 migrant workers detained in Thailand after they were arrested in April for crossing the border illegally to find work.
The Straits Times, Singapore, 30 August 2019 - Instagram is full of artistic shots of people's lunches, but not many of those look like Mr Islam Mohammad Saiful's.
The Daily Star, Bangladesh, 29 August 2019 - A report in this daily revealed that over a hundred women migrant workers returned from Saudi Arabia because of horrific abuse at the hands of their employers. Out of the 110 migrant workers, one had died in Saudi Arabia after having committed suicide there. In fact this is not the first time that we have heard about sexual and physical abuse of Bangladeshi women migrant workers by their employers. From January to July this year at least 800 female migrants have returned because of the same reason—torture and abuse and in the last three years the bodies of 311 women migrants were sent from the Middle East, mostly Saudi Arabia.
South China Morning Post, Taiwan, 29 August 2019 - In July a Taiwanese court found 22-year-old police officer Chen Chong-wen guilty of negligent manslaughter over the fatal shooting of a runaway Vietnamese migrant worker.
Hong Kong Free Press, China, 28 August 2019 - Migrant workers’ unions in Hong Kong have warned employers against using recent instances of civil unrest to curtail labour rights.
The Daily Star, Bangladesh, 27 August 2019 - The prime minister’s words regarding the need to protect migrant workers from middlemen, who often cheat them, hit the nail on the head. We all know of the harrowing tales of migrant workers being cheated of huge sums of money by the middlemen who have promised lucrative jobs which either did not exist or paid much lower than promised. Many prospective migrant workers have taken on hazardous journeys because of such promises, either perishing in the seas or ending up in exploitative employment or in foreign jails. Women migrant workers have been subjected to physical and sexual abuse falling prey to such middlemen. Thus, there is an immediate need to take necessary steps so that the rights of Bangladeshi migrant workers are protected and they are treated with respect and dignity both at home and abroad.
The Phuket News, Thailand, 27 August 2019 - A total of 10,609 employers or other organisations in Phuket hire migrant workers from neighboring countries, the Chief of the Phuket Provincial Employment Office (PPEO) has confirmed.
The Daily Star, Bangladesh, 25 August 2019 - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked the authorities concerned to be mindful so that the people who have gone abroad to attract good luck do not end up being cheated by middlemen.
The Straits Times, Singapore, 25 August 2019 - It is not often that Ms Uchie Mudjiyati, who has been working in Singapore as a domestic helper for the past 12 years, gets to show off her dancing skills.
Global Voices, China, 23 August 2019 - There are more than 130,000 Filipinos in Hong Kong, a majority of whom are domestic workers. Every Sunday, many congregate in Central, the business and retail heart of Hong Kong, to spend their day off. This is also where the massive protests in the city have been taking place since June 2019. How have the rallies affected the lives of migrant workers? What are their thoughts about the protests?
Radio Free Asia, Thailand, 20 August 2019 - Ten undocumented Lao migrant workers were killed and three others were seriously injured in a head-on collision early Sunday in eastern Thailand’s Sa Kaeo province while traveling by van to Chanthaburi province on the border of Cambodia to renew their tourist visas, Thai police said.
