Kyodo News, Singapore, 9 September 2020 - With many businesses floundering due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Singapore is trying to speed up the re-entry into the workforce of hundreds of thousands of migrant workers who have been under lockdown for months in their dormitories to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
The Kathmandu Post, Lebanon, 7 September 2020 - Manju migrated to work as a housemaid in Lebanon in 2006. In the last 14 years, she managed to earn some money, build a house for the family in Morang and educate her two sons.
Pressenza, Qatar, 5 September 2020 - On August 30, the Qatari authorities published two measures, announced in October 2019, intended – if fully implemented – to improve the protection of the rights and living conditions of migrant workers, massively present in the Gulf emirate.
UCA News, Malaysia, 4 September 2020 - No migrant workers from India, Indonesia and the Philippines will be allowed to enter Malaysia as of Sept. 7, the country’s government has announced.
bdnews24.com, Bangladesh, 3 September 2020 - Bangladesh came under fire on Wednesday for arresting about 80 migrants who returned from Vietnam after protesting over false job offers, with human rights groups demanding their release.
The Guardian, United Arab Emirates, 3 September 2020 - assan doesn’t know if he will eat today. The 30-year-old Pakistani has lived in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), for over a decade, employed as a construction worker. But when the Covid-19 pandemic took hold, he lost his job. Without his salary he cannot afford to live in the UAE. Nor can he afford to fly home.
Taiwan News, Taiwan, 3 September 2020 - Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture (COA) has agreed to open the country’s livestock industry to migrant workers in order to solve the industry’s labor shortage problem.
Khmer Times, Thailand, 1 September 2020 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Koy Kuong told Khmer Times yesterday that the state of emergency in Thailand should not affect Cambodians who are in the country.
UCA News, Thailand, 31 August 2020 - Thai authorities are following through on their pledge to stop migrant workers from crossing illegally into Thailand from neighboring countries, with dozens of migrants from Myanmar among the latest detainees.
Edge Prop, Malaysia, 31 August 2020 - The Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) urged the government to take actions on the employers who failed to improve the living conditions of migrant workers in all sectors, reported Malay Mail.
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