New Bloom, Vietnam, 30 May 2019 - THE STRUGGLE of Vietnamese migrant workers at the Meidi Shipin Limited Corporation continues, with two demonstrations taking place on May 20th and May 21st. The migrant workers in question work at a Meidi Shipin factory in Xizhi in New Taipei city and are demonstrating against being illegally overworked, hoping to win back overtime pay owed to them by their employers.
Focus Taiwan, Taiwan, 21 September 2020 - Taipei, Sept. 21 (CNA) A total of 289 Vietnamese migrant workers who overstayed their visas were repatriated on Monday after being stranded for months in Taiwan due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
South China Morning Post, Romania, 16 March 2022 - Van* had never seen snow or left her home country of Vietnam until she arrived in Romania. She is among hundreds of employees at a turkey meat producing plant in the small town of Codlea, about three hours from the capital Bucharest.
UCA News, Vietnam, 30 March 2021 - Father Peter Nguyen Van Hung struggled against poverty, war and life as a refugee before he became the savior of scores of slavery and trafficking victims in Taiwan.
Focus Taiwan, Taiwan, 2 June 2020 - A sit-in staged by hundreds of migrant workers from Vietnam at a Compal Electronics Inc. factory in Taoyuan came to an end Tuesday after the two sides reached an agreement on the disputed issues, city authorities said.
20 May 2014 - China Post. Amid rising concerns over escalating anti-China unrest and damages to Taiwan-invested assets in Vietnam, the Ministry of Labor (MOL) yesterday announced that it may consider enacting an across-the-board halt to admitting Vietnamese migrant workers.
Focus Taiwan, Taiwan, 9 December 2020 - Migrant factory workers arriving from Vietnam and Thailand will now be required to have a COVID-19 test at the end of their mandatory 14-day quarantine, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said Wednesday.
Taiwan News, Taiwan, 3 September 2019 - Musicians from Southeast Asian nations will perform at the 2019 International Labor Festival in Taichung City on Sunday (Sept. 8).
Bangkok Post, Thailand, 24 May 2021 - A series of coronavirus clusters among construction workers in Bangkok, including the first local cases of the variant first identified in India, has put a fresh spotlight on migrant labour rights as the country grapples with the deadliest outbreak so far.
The Star, Singapore, 28 April 2020 - Virus flareups among migrant workers are fueling a second wave of infections in South-East Asia, forcing governments to shift direction to contain resurgent outbreaks, and serving as a warning to other countries looking to ease restrictions as cases ease.
Adelaide now - May 1, 2012. "SA has lifted its April cap on accepting employer-sponsored visa applications.
The cap had been announced in the lead-up to new federal changes coming into effect during July.
Employers and the migration institute have welcomed the move, saying an initial decision to cap applications from April 16 had thrown recruitment plans for overseas workers into disarray.
Migration Institute of Australia state president Mark Glazbrook, who recently raised concerns about the early cap, said it had given employers no time to prepare for changes to the Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme."
Saudi Gazette - 13 April 2015 - The Ministry of Labor will start issuing visas for Bangladeshi domestic workers from Monday, April 20 (Rajab 1), according to ministry sources.
08 January 2013 - Green Prophet. Five decades after the development of the kefala (sponsorship) system, Lebanon’s two-hundred thousand migrant domestic workers continue to be denied central human rights like the right to self-realization which is interlinked with the right to freedom of movement, just conditions of work and the right to legal recognition.
The Phnom Penh Post, Vietnam, 19 October 2021 - Dang Trong Ha, 27 years old, from the central Vietnamese province of Nghe An, moved to southern Dong Nai province in April with the hope of finding a well-paid job.
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Author: Kathleen Newland Institutional Auth, Migration Policy Institute, USAID
Publishing Date:
2010
Category: Research
MPI - 2010. "This report, undertaken by the Migration Policy Institute through a USAID grant, discusses how today’s diaspora organizations, communities and individuals increasingly are seeking to influence government, media, private sectors and other prominent groups in their countries of origin and of settlement. This report provides an overview of diaspora advocacy by looking at five issues: who participates in diaspora advocacy, who or what are the “targets” in these efforts, what means are used to advance these causes, what are the issues on which they focus and the effectiveness of the efforts. "
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