ILO - 24 November 2015 - An international Conference on Labour Exploitation in the Fishing Sector in the Atlantic Region will discuss forced labour and human trafficking in the fishing industry on 25-26 November in Oslo, Norway. ILO News spoke with Rebecca Surtees, conference panelist and Senior Researcher at NEXUS Institute*, United States, about possible remedies to labour exploitation in the industry.
Reuters - 25 November 2015 - Migrants processing Thai chicken for its biggest export market, Europe, face widespread abuse by their employers, partly because foreign auditors have focused on food safety rather than workers' conditions, researchers said on Wednesday.
AUDIO: BBC World Service - 25 November 2015 - After a year-long investigation, the world's biggest food company Nestle says it's found evidence of forced labour, human trafficking and child slavery at its own suppliers in Thailand. The BBC's Mike Johnson discussed the issues with Nestle's executive vice president of operations Magdi Batato, and Aidan McQuade from the campaign group Anti-Slavery International.
Channel News Asia - 21 November 2015 - Economic conditions at home drove them overseas seeking better job prospects. Post elections, some migrant workers told Channel NewsAsia they would head back home for half their pay, but that the government needs to effect the change they voted for.
Channel News Asia - 22 November 2015 - Madam Terresa Tay’s maid Siti Musyafaah is one of the eight maids nominated by their employers for the Foreign Domestic Worker of the Year Awards. She not only takes care of Mdm Tay, but is also her pillar of support.
Khmer Times - 18 November 2015 - Ten people were arrested yesterday afternoon for working in Cambodia without official documents, immigration police said.
Thomson Reuters - 13 November 2015 - With the flood of exposés and revelations about pervasive labor rights violations, physical mistreatment and deadly violence against migrants coming to work in Malaysia, the dire exploitation of workers in this Southeast Asian economic powerhouse has been laid bare
The Straits Times - 18 November 2015 - When Ms Aye Than Dar and her little sister Hla Thidar Myint paid a broker in Myanmar's Mon state to smuggle them to Thailand for domestic work, it was the start of a decade-long ordeal that would see the pair separated and Ms Hla held as a slave.
The Malaysian Insider - 18 November 2015 - In recent years, WHO Member States have been urged to speed up reforms to ensure that all persons can have timely access to quality health services without falling into financial hardship.
The Moscow Times - 13 November 2015 - On a Sunday morning at the Meteor stadium in western Moscow you would be forgiven for thinking you were in Southeast Asia, far from the Russian capital.
Asia One - 7 November 2015 - Myanmar imposed a five-month ban in September last year, barring its women from working as maids in Singapore, citing ill-treatment. In May this year, it re-imposed the ban.
The Nation - 10 November 2015 - A two-day Senior Officials’ Meeting of the Colombo Process (CP) held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 4-5 November 2015 has resulted in far reaching concrete decisions and recommendations aimed at advancing collective efforts for safe and skilled labour migration management by sending countries in Asia.
Jakarta Post - The Agency for the Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) has established a people's business credit (KUR) for Indonesian migrant workers (TKI) through five appointed banks. The agency has suspended previous services provided by savings and loan cooperatives, rural banks (BPR) and commercial banks.
Channel News Asia - 4 November 2015 - Other major causes of emotional distress among migrant workers include housing problems and agent debt, according to a Singapore Management University survey.
The Nation - 31 October 2015 - CHAROEN Pokphand Foods (CPF) has underlined its commitment to migrant workers - especially those from Cambodia and Myanmar - who help drive the Thai economy, promising fair pay and practices for all.
