Taiwan News, Taiwan, 26 September 2018 - New Taipei City Government Labor Affairs Bureau held the annual "2018 International Migrant Worker Football Competition" to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the New Taipei City Labor Bureau, and also the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Tempo.co, Indonesia, 26 September 2018 - The Manpower Ministry has foiled an attempt to smuggle 20 illegal migrant workers to Singapore and Malaysia. The case was came to light in an inspection to a registered workers agent in East Jakarta.
Amnesty International, Qatar, 26 September 2018 - A new investigation by Amnesty International has exposed how an engineering company involved in building infrastructure linked to the 2022 FIFA World Cup took advantage of Qatar’s notorious sponsorship system to exploit scores of migrant workers. The company, Mercury MENA, failed to pay its workers thousands of dollars in wages and work benefits, leaving them stranded and penniless in Qatar.
Malaysiakini, Malaysia, 26 September 2018 - Gerakan vice-president Dominic Lau has slammed Putrajaya’s drastic policy about-turn on migrant worker levies.
Global Banking & Finance Review, Global, 25 September 2018 - Despite one in ten migrant workers in the UK having to live away from their children (9%) or spouses (8%), two-thirds (64%) are relieved they can support these family members after moving, reveals Xpress Money, one of the most dependable money transfer brands in the world.
Malay Mail, Malaysia, 25 September 2018 - Following up on its statement on “Women in Oil Palm,” Tenaganita turns its attention to the situation of migrant workers in oil palm plantations.
Malaysia Kini, Malaysia, 25 September 2018 - The government has decided to retain the previous levy payment structure for migrant workers, with employers bearing the full cost.
Malay Mail, Malaysia, 24 September 2018 - Migrants with the temporary foreign worker permit (PLKS) will be liable for 80 per cent of the RM10,000 levy to be imposed, Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said today.
bdnews24.com, Malaysia, 22 September 2018 - According to Immigration Department Director-General Mustafar Ali, the detainees included 55 Bangladeshi men, 36 men and 172 women from Indonesia, 47 Nepalese men and 25 men and three women from Myanmar.
Daily Express, Malaysia, 21 September 2018 - The East Malaysia Planters' Association (Empa) has requested the State Government to speed up the mechanism of documentation of all current migrant workers in the plantation industry.
Malaysia Kini, Malaysia, 19 September 2018 - This includes infographics in foreign languages targeted at migrant workers, Health Minister Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad and ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah told a press conference in Putrajaya today.
The New Indian Express, India, 17 September 2018 - After the much successful Aawaz health insurance scheme, the migrant workers in the state look set to benefit from another landmark initiative. Informal discussions and deliberations on ensuring them ‘Portable Rights’ are already under way.
The Kathmandu Post, Saudi Arabia, 17 September 2018 - The government has set a new minimum monthly salary of 1,300 Saudi riyals (approximately Rs39,814) for the Saudi Arabia-bound Nepali migrant workers.
The Nation, Thailand, 15 September 2018 - To help migrant workers in Thailand to overcome language barriers and better access protection and regal remedies, the UN Migration Agency (IOM), has partnered with the Ministry of Labour to develop a handbook targeting interpreters and Thai service providers.
Dhaka Tribune, Bangladesh, 15 September 2018 - Many of the Saudi-returnee women complained that the officials of the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh were not helpful.
