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.
The News Lens, China, 14 September 2018 - Taiwanese electronics manufacturer Foxconn’s treatment of its workers has been under heavy scrutiny since 2010. In the first six months of that year, 10 workers committed suicide and another two attempted suicide at Foxconn’s Longhua factory in Shenzhen, known for its production and assembly of iPhones and other Apple gadgets. The workers were nongmingong, or rural–urban migrant workers, who make up a large proportion of Chinese factory workers.
The Jordan Times, Jordan, 13 September 2018 - Poor ventilation, plumbing, sanitary services, failure to renew work permits and delayed payments are some of the violations that Bangladeshi and Indian workers at factories in the Al Hassan Industrial Estate in Irbid have recently reported to a legal aid organisation in Amman.
VOA, Qatar, 12 September 2018 - As a migrant worker from Bangladesh, Sharif should be happy about Qatar's labor reforms, put in place to protect people like him.
Nepali Sansar, Nepal, 11 September 2018 - In a move dealing away with old practice of counting the migrant workers, the Government of Nepal introduced a new information management system on September 10, 2018 to have a detailed record of returning Nepali migrants.
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