New Straits Times, Malaysia, 24 June 2022 - Supermax Corporation Bhd says it is now aligned to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards after taking measures to strengthen its human resources management and migrant workers policies and practices.
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Aug 21, 2018 02:27 AM
Author: Mathias Czaika and Christopher R. Parsons
Publishing Date:
2016
Category: Policy
Faced with a limited domestic supply of certain skills and occupations, national governments increasingly vie to attract talent to respond to immediate and long-term labor requirements and skill shortages. At the center of this global contest for talent are the countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that his-torically have attracted the largest proportion of high-skilled migrants. Increasingly, highly developed destinations are rede-signing their immigration regimes, with two-thirds of OECD nations having implemented, or in the process of imple-menting, policies specifically aiming to attract high-skilled migrants. While they have been doing so, the countries of the OECD have witnessed an unprecedented rise of 70 per cent in the number of tertiary-educated migrants to 35 million, between the last two census rounds in 2000 and 2010. High-skilled migrants are motivated to move internationally by myriad factors, and therefore the efficacy of nation states’ high-skill immigration policies remain highly contested. Academics have argued that factors such as skill premia and cultural proximity or indeed broader economic and social factors play far more important roles in attracting human capital than do specific immigration policies. To date, scant empirical evidence exists on the efficacy of immigrant-selection policies. This brief introduces the results from the first judicious cross-country assessment of such policies.
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Apr 21, 2020 04:15 AM
Author: International Organization for Migration
Publishing Date:
2018
Category: Information Material
Supporting Brighter Futures: Young Women and Girls and Labour Migration in South-East Asia and the Pacific explores and critically examines the existing evidence base on key aspects of the topic so as to inform potential policy and programmatic responses designed to enhance labour migration impacts for young women and girls in South-East Asia and the Pacific. This publication entails a desk-based review of the current published evidence base and provides a knowledge “stocktake” for those involved in the ongoing development, delivery and refinement of related policy and programmatic interventions in the region.
This research publication was made possible through support provided by the Gender Equality Branch of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
The Sunday Times, Sri Lanka, 14 November 2021 - Thankfully, the government is not touching the remittances of migrant workers and not forcing them to convert these remittances to rupees, in accordance with recent guidelines for exporters and service providers to convert their foreign earnings within one month of receiving the proceeds. Or so, the Central Bank promises.
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Sep 22, 2021 03:38 PM
Author: International Labour Organization
Publishing Date:
2021
Category: Research
This thematic background paper was prepared to inform and guide the discussions of the 13th ASEAN Forum on Migrant Labour (AFML). The AFML is an annual multi-stakeholder forum of the ASEAN Committee on the Implementation of the ASEAN Declaration on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers (ACMW).
The 13th AFML was hosted by the Government of Viet Nam, as the 2020 Chair of ASEAN and the ACMW, and was held on 10 and 12 of November 2020 in Hanoi, Viet Nam, and online. A draft version of this paper was distributed for discussion during the 13th AFML.
The Nation, Thailand, 14 September 2017 - The Supreme Court of Thailand on Thursday affirmed a previous ruling in a landmark test case that 14 migrant workers from Myanmar be awarded Bt1.7 million to compensate for rights violations perpetrated against them by Thammakaset chicken farm in Lopburi province.
Hindustan Times, India, 20 April 2022 - The court issued the directions on an application moved by three civil rights activists – Harsh Mander, Anjali Bhardwaj and Jagdeep Chhokar – in January this year, alleging non-compliance of the orders by the top court last year.
Bangkok Post, Thailand, 20 June 2019 - Police arrested nearly 500 foreigners during surprise raids in more than 200 locations nationwide. Most of them were illegal immigrants.
This article was published on February 21, 2011 on the China Labour Bulletin (http://www.clb.org).
3 August 2013 - South China Morning Post. Data gathered by the Mission for Migrant Workers, which surveyed more than 3,000 women last year, found 58 per cent had faced verbal abuse, 18 per cent physical abuse and 6 per cent sexual abuse. Experts believe the figures represent only the tip of the iceberg as many victims are too scared or ill-informed to lodge complaints.
Malaysiakini, Malaysia, 31 October 2019 - In 2018, a Somali refugee boy had walked down from his Selangor apartment to take out the rubbish when he was detained by the authorities for not having his UNHCR card on him.
Malaysia is a largely urban country, with 60 per cent of the population living in cities. Life for a refugee in Kuala Lumpur is challenging. Refugees cannot work legally and most live in fear of detention, despite having received a refugee card from UNHCR.
Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia, 4 July 2018 - The government has been urged to suspend Immigration Department raids on migrant workers pending a meeting with two Cabinet ministers for a full review of enforcement action and to work out a comprehensive solution to migrant worker problems.
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Jun 02, 2015 12:18 PM
Author: UNDESA
Publishing Date:
2014
Category: Information Material
A compendium of issues briefs prepared by the United Nations inter-agency technical support team for the United Nations General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals.
This document is a compilation of issues briefs produced by the United Nations Technical Support Team in support of the General Assembly Open Working Group. The Technical Support Team was established pursuant to paragraph 249 of the Rio+20 outcome document, the Future We Want. The TST is co-chaired by UN DESA and UNDP, with more than 40 entities from the United Nations system as members. This document was prepared by UN DESA without formal editing.
International Labour Migration, Global, 23 June 2020 - Migrant workers are particularly affected by the economic and social crisis, which has put many jobs and businesses under threat, says Roberto Suarez Santos, Secretary-General of the International Organization of Employers. He calls for sustainable migration policies and says social dialogue is key to finding the right solutions.
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