The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia, 10 November 2022 - Due to financial difficulties, Sall Sreymao and her husband left their children in Cambodia to go and work in construction in Thailand in 2006, but after a decade of construction work they were still unable to save enough to significantly improve their lives.
World Economic Forum, Global, 9 November 2022 - The term “global war for talent” was coined by Steven Hankin at McKinsey & Company in 1997. In the intervening 25 years, an aging workforce, immigration policy, the COVID-19 pandemic, the ‘Great Resignation’ and shifting demographics have vastly altered the labour market across the world.
Channel News Asia, Singapore, 9 November 2022 - A total of 268 migrant workers were owed salaries by contractor Shanghai Chong Kee, and the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) is assisting them.
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The Business Standard, United Nations, 9 November 2022 - UN Special Rapporteur Siobhan Mullally has sought urgent attention on monitoring the situation in countries receiving migrant workers to ensure protection of their rights.
Nikkei Asia, Japan, 8 November 2022 - COVID and global competition for skilled workers force change in stance.
Newswire, Sri Lanka, 8 November 2022 - Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara has explored creating job opportunities in the fisheries industry of South Korea for Sri Lankan migrant workers.
The Kathmandu Post, Nepal, 7 November 2022 - A number of men from the far west go missing in India, hundreds bring home HIV infections every year but mothers and wives still send their sons and husbands to India for livelihood.
The Straits Times, Singapore, 7 November 2022 - A pilot programme to familiarise S Pass holders arriving in Singapore with working here and to encourage positive interaction with locals is slated to launch in 2023.
The New Indian Express, India, 7 November 2022 - Carlton Fernandez, was speaking at the seminar "Empowerment of the Citizen through Legal Awareness and Outreach," organised by the District Legal Service Authority at Kollam.
The World Bank, Nepal, 7 November 2022 - As South Asia reels from the impacts of unprecedented economic shocks, migration can boost its recovery and support long-term development, says the World Bank in its latest regional economic update. Coping with Shocks: Migration and the Road to Resilience is the subject of a two-day conference that opens today, organized by the Institute for Integrated Development Studies and the World Bank. The conference provides academics and researchers a platform to discuss the current situation, challenges and advancements related to migration in South Asia.
The Guardian, Lebanon, 7 November 2022 - Sri Lankan workers and a women’s project at a Syrian refugee camp come together for games in an underground car park.
The Kathmandu Post, Nepal, 6 November 2022 - The programme will support the reintegration of returnees in the community to ensure that they benefit fully from their foreign experience.
Scroll, Pakistan, 5 November 2022 - Remittances received from migrant workers living abroad make up almost 8.5% of Pakistan’s gross domestic product.
The Edge Markets, Malaysia, 4 November 2022 - FGV Holdings Bhd is recruiting an additional 16,000 migrant workers by the end of 2023, in response to labour shortage issues its plantation business is facing.
