The New Indian Express, India, 12 June 2022 - A startup hub created in West Champaran district by the DM has earned international repute and helped dozens of migrants hit hard by Covid lockdown, writes Ramashankar.
New Straits Times, ASEAN, 11 June 2022 - COVID-19 exposed many flaws in our labour market. The pandemic disrupted global and regional movements of migrant workers — documented and undocumented — as nations shut their borders to keep out the virus.
Business Standard, Pakistan, 11 June 2022 - The Covid pandemic has given another blow to the opportunities for employment in Pakistan which is shrinking by the day.
Khmer Times, Cambodia, 10 June 2022 - Banteay Meanchey provincial authorities claim the number of illegal workers trying to sneak into Thailand recently has dropped sharply after authorities tightened security measures along the border but a workers rights NGO sees it as fallacy.
Factly, India, 10 June 2022 - A video is being shared on social media claiming it as recent visuals of Gulf companies sending back migrant Indian employees from their countries. In the wake of several Islamic countries’ expressing their displeasure over the BJP spokesperson’s recent comments on Prophet Muhammed, this post claims that the companies in Gulf countries have started firing their Indian employees and sending back them to India. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Eleven, Thailand, 9 June 2022 - Thai immigration detention centers in Thailand are full of Myanmar migrant workers being detained, according to Myanmar labor activists in Thailand.
Info Migrants, Bangladesh, 8 June 2022 - The COVID-19 pandemic brought international migration to a standstill — and migrant workers have borne the greatest cost. But Bangladeshi workers are doing surprisingly well.
The Star, Malaysia, 8 June 2022 - Employers applying to hire migrant workers through the Foreign Workers Centralised Management System (FWCMS) will get an approval within one week, says Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan.
My Republica, Nepal, 8 June 2022 - An agreement to implement the Reintegration of Returnee Migrant Workers (ReMi) program phase 1 was signed and exchanged between Nepal and Switzerland.
Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka, 8 June 2022 - With the aim of restoring monthly workers’ remittance inflows to US$ 500 million, the government is working on introducing a special incentive package to encourage migrant workers to remit their hard-earned foreign currency earnings through official channels.
The Star, Cambodian, 7 June 2022 - More than 15,000 legal Cambodian migrant workers have entered Thailand for work in the first five months of this year, with the number likely to increase after the neighbouring country relaxed procedures as the Covid-19 situation eases.
Thaiger, Thailand, 7 June 2022 - In an effort to stop illegal border crossers looking for work, a newly signed memorandum of understanding will allow more than 160,000 migrant workers to enter Thailand without having to go through the quarantine procedure.
BNI, Myanmar, 7 June 2022 - More than 2,500 Myanmar migrant workers have been sent to Thailand under a Thai-Myanmar MOU system, according to the labour office of the military council.
The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia, 6 June 2022 - More than 15,000 legal Cambodian migrant workers have entered Thailand for work in the first five months of this year, with the number likely to increase after the neighbouring country relaxed procedures as the Covid-19 situation eases.
Khmer Times, Cambodia, 6 June 2022 - Migrant workers going to Thailand to work are reminded that they will need to buy health insurance before they leave to work in Thailand.
