Stuff, New Zealand, 24 June 2019 - An organisation representing exploited migrant workers is fielding one or two calls every day from people getting ripped off - and those being accused were nearly always migrants themselves.
Bangkok Post, Thailand, 23 June 2019 - A migrant worker was rushed to hospital in Hua Sai district of this southern province after his left arm was severed by a winch on a fishing boat on Sunday.
Myanmar Times, Malaysia, 20 May 2019 - Three suspected illegal migrant workers died and seven others were injured in a road accident in Malaysia on Sunday, according to a Myanmar charity group in Kuala Lumpur.
Mirror, Qatar, 20 May 2019 - An eye-watering £5 BILLION is being spent on seven new stadia and infrastructure including transport and roads, built by an army of 28,000 workers.
Gulf News, Kuwait, 19 May 2019 - The mysterious death of a Filipina domestic worker in Kuwait has renewed tensions between the Gulf country and the Philippines, with a senior Philippine official hinting at re-imposing a ban on sending Filipinos to Kuwait.
Xinhuanet, China, 19 May 2019 - Pupils have lunch at Dingfan Primary School in Gaocun Township of Wanrong County, north China's Shanxi Province, May 16, 2019. Most of the 110 pupils at Dingfan Primary School are left-behind children, whose parents have become migrant workers in towns or cities. Some of the students came from registered poor families in Dingfan and nearby villages. In September of 2015, school master Zhao Yingjie applied to add the school onto the list of Free Lunch for Children (FLC), the public initiative to offer free meals to students in remote, poverty-stricken areas. From then on students in Dingfan began to enjoy their nutritious lunch at school. In order to guarantee the quality of the lunch and the transparency of the fund spending, teachers in the school take photos of the lunch dishes every day and load them onto the microblog account of the school for the public supervision.
The Japan Times, Thailand, 17 May 2019 - A group of women sit around a table making dream catchers with colorful bits of yarn, chatting about their families, work and the thick smog enveloping the city of Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand.
Scroll.in, India, 17 May 2019 - In 2009, when Kalyan Singh and his wife Jamuna Devi enrolled their eldest daughter Priyanka Singh in the Government High School in Koickal, in Kerala’s Kollam district, they had a modest hope: that she would learn to read and write.
Tempo.co, Indonesia, 17 May 2019 - The Indonesian Olympic Committee (KOI) Chairman Erick Thohir announced that the Indonesian government is serious in hosting the 2032 Summer Olympics after Vice President Jusuf Kalla briefly met with Thomas Bach at the International Olympic Commission (IOC) in Laussane.
Aljazeera, Switzerland, 16 May 2019 - UN-led review of Gulf state's human rights record calls for changes which Doha labels 'a work in progress'.
Khmer Times, Thailand, 16 May 2019 - Thai authorities yesterday arrested 80 Cambodians suspected of illegally crossing the border in Banteay Meanchey province into Chachoengsao province.
Aljazeera, Malaysia, 16 May 2019 - Domestic worker Adelina Sau's case highlights the injustices suffered by migrant workers, activists say.
The Jerusalem Post, Israel, 16 May 2019 - Some 2,657 complaints and inquiries were received last year by the Center for Migrant Workers' dedicated call center for workers, representing a 43% increase over the previous year.
Hungary today, Hungary, 15 May 2019 - The opposition nationalist Jobbik party is proposing the establishment of a special guard that would be tasked with overseeing migrant workers in Hungary.
Mizzima, Myanmar, 13 May 2019 - Myanmar has launched the second five-year national level framework for international migrant workers management, Xinhua reported.
