Xinhua Net, Myanmar, 28 July 2019 - A total of 77 more illegal Myanmar refugees have been brought back to homeland from Thailand, according to the Immigration and Population Department Sunday.
Channel News Asia, Singapore, 26 July 2019 - A 51-year-old Singaporean man was on Thursday (Jul 25) fined S$17,300 for overcharging employment agency fees and other offences.
The Straits Times, Singapore, 24 July 2019 - After venturing into mobile payments and cyber security, Singtel is now entering the insurance market, offering free cover targeted mainly at migrant workers.
The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia, 24 July 2019 - South Korea said it will increase its quotas of Cambodian migrant workers for three consecutive years, but reduce the number of workers from Thailand.
South China Morning Post, China, 22 July 2019 - As their eviction deadline nears, all Chen Jian can think about is the wrecking ball – and where his family is going to go. He often dreams about the negotiations – with officials, real estate developers, landlords. On other nights, he cannot sleep at all.
Today, Singapore, 22 July 2019 - Members of the public and migrant workers should come forward to report lapses in migrant worker dormitories and rest assured that they will remain anonymous when they do so, the Migrant Workers’ Centre (MWC) said on Monday (July 22).
The Jakarta Post, Malaysia, 21 July 2019 - Malaysia's Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah has said that Malaysia and Indonesia hoped to renew a migrant worker agreement and finalize some areas of maritime delimitation by the end of this year.
XinHua Net, China, 20 July 2019 - Children take up a free health check as part of a summer camp organized by a local company for the children of its migrant workers in Haining, east China's Zhejiang Province, July 20, 2019. Running for 40 days starting from mid-July, the summer camp invites 180 children whose parents work for the company away from home and thus offers them a chance for family reunion. Besides, the children can expect an enriched summer life here by taking academic, etiquette and sports courses given by university volunteer tutors.
Malaysiakini, Malaysia, 19 July 2019 - The government must stop using undocumented migrant workers as an additional source of income, a rights group said today following the announcement of the Home Ministry's latest amnesty programme.
New Bloom, Taiwan, 19 July 2019 - ANGER HAS broken out from migrant worker groups after an incident in Taichung involving the eviction of forty migrant workers from the ASEAN Square by Taichung police. The incident took place at night on July 14th and was filmed by a bystander on a cell phone.
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