Forbes, Korea, 4 July 2019 - On Sunday, Donald Trump became the first U.S. president to set foot on North Korean soil when he briefly crossed into the Stalinist state during a meeting with Kim Jong-un at the demilitarized zone. Just days after the historic talks where both leaders agreed to resume dialogue on a denuclearization deal, North Korea has suddenly accused the U.S. of being "hell-bent on hostile acts." The North Korean complaint came after the U.S. sent a letter to all UN member states, urging them to send back North Korean migrant workers by the end of 2019.
Focus Taiwan News Channel, Taiwan, 3 July 2019 - Migrant workers in Taipei will be able to obtain basic medical checks and haircuts free of cost on Aug. 11, under an initiative launched earlier in the year by the city government, an official said Tuesday.
Relief Web, South Asia, 1 July 2019 - Escaping poverty and earning higher income often entails taking risks, and for women migrating into domestic work these risks are often worth taking. From 2000 to 2017, the number of women migrants within Asia rose from 23 million to 34 million – a 48 per cent increase. Most are employed in domestic work.
Bangkok Post, Thailand, 30 June 2019 - While 42 seafood processing companies have joined a campaign to ensure fair wages, a lack of rights to access basic education for 200,000 children living with migrant workers, including the fishery sector, is still a big problem, according to Plan International Thailand.
Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia, 22 June 2019 - A New York-based non-profit organisation that investigates labour and environmental abuses has helped Malaysian factories improve their treatment of migrant workers.
Taipei Times, Taiwan, 3 June 2019 - The number of migrant workers in Taiwan reached 706,060 in April, with more than 90 percent of them from Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines, Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) data showed on Saturday.
Tempo.Co, Indonesia, 2 June 2019 - As many as 81 Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia who are being deported after paying MYR 135 arrived at the Dumai International Port together with the homecomers on Saturday, June 1, 2019.
Taiwan News, Taiwan, 28 May 2019 - Forty illegal Indonesian migrant workers were deported on Monday (May 27), setting a single day record for deportations of foreign workers, announced the National Immigration Agency (NIA).
Middle East Eye, Lebanon, 28 May 2019 - Rani left war-torn Sri Lanka 27 years ago, after a recruitment agency said they would find her work in Beirut.
New Bloom, Vietnam, 30 May 2019 - THE STRUGGLE of Vietnamese migrant workers at the Meidi Shipin Limited Corporation continues, with two demonstrations taking place on May 20th and May 21st. The migrant workers in question work at a Meidi Shipin factory in Xizhi in New Taipei city and are demonstrating against being illegally overworked, hoping to win back overtime pay owed to them by their employers.
Malaysiakini, Malaysia, 30 May 2019 - As Malaysia will be hosting a joint working group meeting in Kuala Lumpur on May 30-31 to work out the new recruitment plan for Bangladeshi migrant workers who come to Malaysia to work, we hope that an accountable and transparent recruitment plan is established at this joint meeting in order to provide adequate protection for migrant workers.
The Atlantic, China, 31 May 2019 - When Liu Yanchang quit his factory job in Hebei province and took the four-hour bus ride to Beijing to become a courier, it was the farthest the 18-year-old had ever been from home. The new job, part of the booming e-commerce industry, offered him more money than he had ever made before, and he hoped to learn English and one day travel overseas. All in all, he was happy.
NPR, Bangladesh, 3 June 2019 - How do you get ahead in Bangladesh? Often it's by leaving Bangladesh. An estimated 10 million Bangladeshis are currently working abroad, primarily as low-skilled laborers in the Arabian Gulf. Only India, Mexico, Russia and China send out more migrant workers each year according to the World Bank.
Taipei Times, Taiwan, 3 June 2019 - The number of migrant workers in Taiwan reached 706,060 in April, with more than 90 percent of them from Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines, Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS) data showed on Saturday.
Taiwan News, Taiwan, 3 June 2019 - The number of migrant workers in Taiwan is continuing to climb, with 706,060 workers from foreign countries currently registered, 90 percent of whom are from Indonesia, Vietnam, and Indonesia, according to the Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics (DGBAS).
