FMT News, Petaling Jaya, 29 June 2017 - M Ramachelvam says the present arrangement of bilateral labour agreements does not adequately protect migrant workers or workers' welfare, or ensure decent work for migrants.
International Labour Organization, Berlin, 28 June 2017 - Speaking in the German capital, the ILO Director-General said that finding a decent job remains by far the main incentive for migration.
Business Mirror, Asean, 21 June 2017 - Economic community-hood is the primary goal of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean). The idea is to transform the economies of the 10 Asean countries into one Asean Economic Community (AEC). The expected outcomes: the AEC as a single market of over 600 million people and the AEC as one production base that can compete with those of the European Union, China, Japan and the United States.
New Straits Times, Kuala Lumpur, 16 June 2017: The government has been urged to adopt Domestic Workers’ Convention 2011 (189) to pave way for Malaysia to recognise domestic workers as workers, which will provide them with fundamental workers' rights.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Global, 16 June 2017 - "In recognition of the fundamental contribution of migrant workers to their families and communities back home, and to the sustainable development of their countries of origin"
International Labour Organization, Global, 16 June 2017 - Conference shows that the ILO is ready and able to update its standards, making them robust and relevant.
Equal Times, Philippines, 15 June 2017 - There are at least 67 million domestic workers worldwide, most of them women, and nearly all of them from poor or economically disadvantaged backgrounds. A lack of work at home means that every year approximately one-fifth of all domestic workers migrate abroad, particularly to the Gulf region, where they are vulnerable to abuse, exploitation, forced labour and violence.
The Wire, Qatar, 15 June 2017 - Migrants say they fear the diplomatic crisis will leave them destitute, jobless and trapped in the Gulf.
The Manila Times, Asia, 13 June 2017 - IF the 2016 Global Slavery Index is accurate, two-thirds of world’s modern-day slaves are found in Asian countries, mostly victims of human trafficking. The illicit market in exploited people is so lucrative that it is said to generate over $150 billion in profits worldwide—bigger than the GDP of countries like Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Hungary and Oman. This explains why human trafficking has become an endemic crime globally.
ASEAN Today, ASEAN, 7 June 2017 - The Philippine central bank and Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority will sign an agreement aimed at opening up the banking industry under the ASEAN Banking Integration Framework “ABIF”.
Asian Correspondent, Thailand, 7 June 2017 - MIGRANT workers in Thailand should not be criminalised for reporting abuse and exploitation, a rights watchdog told the Junta government on Wednesday, urging the abolition of the kingdom’s criminal defamation law.
Khmer Times, Cambodia, 7 June 2017 - The Labour Ministry has announced the names of 77 private recruitment agencies approved to select, train and send Cambodian workers to Thailand, Malaysia and Japan.
Burma News International, Myanmar, 6 June 2017 - Around 300 Myanmar migrants were arrested in Mae Sot last week as part of a mass crackdown on undocumented laborers, according to local workers’ assistance organizations.
The Guardian, Thailand, 6 June 2017 - Burmese migrants charged with defamation after alleging labour abuses in Thailand’s multimillion-pound poultry export industry
International Labour Organization, Global, 2 June 2017 - Most international migrants today move for work and in the context of large movements of refugees and migrants that we see today, the governance of labour migration is more urgent than ever. This year’s committee at the 106th International Labour Conference will discuss this as well as fair recruitment in order to contribute to the UN global compacts on refugees and safe, orderly and regular migration.
