Calgary Herald - March 23, 2012. "Stephen Harper talkes trade, human smuggling in Thailand." Harper announced that the Canadian government will support the crackdown on human smuggling and illegal migration in Southeast Asia by contributing over $12 million.
Sustainable return and reintegration support services for Thai and Filipino migrant workers were showcased in a conference here last 27 March 2012, held under the auspices of a technical cooperation project implemented by the International Labour Organization (ILO), with support from the European Union (EU).
ILO - March 13, 2012. As the second largest sending country, some 700,000 documented Indonesian migrant workers leave the country for work abroad, primarily in East and South East Asia as well as the Middle East. Of these, 78 per cent work as domestic workers. In 2009, around 4.3 million Indonesians were estimated to be working abroad.
Jakarta Globe - March 28, 2012. "Hong Kong’s court of appeal on Wednesday overturned a landmark ruling that opened the door for thousands of foreign maids to claim residency in the southern Chinese city."
Stuff - March 25, 2012. "A desperate job seeker is leaving New Zealand after coming up against racial bias in his job hunt, including the suggestion he needed to change his name to an English-sounding one just to land an interview.
Anti-discrimination organisations are warning this type of racial prejudice is wasting some of New Zealand's top talent.
Yik Kun Heng applied for 175 jobs after graduating from the University of Auckland with a first-class masters in political science.
He received just three interview requests, while his classmates with English-sounding names secured jobs. "
Brookings March 22, 2012. "This time last year about 1,000 people per hour were fleeing Libya into Egypt and Tunisia. In total perhaps two million people have left their homes over the last year as a result of the impact of the Arab Spring across North Africa and the Middle East, and at least thirty countries have been directly affected by these flows. Many have since returned to their homes in Libya, but there are still at least 90,000 people internally displaced there; while the current estimate for displacement in and from Syria is at least 150,000 and rising rapidly.
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Guampdn - March 15, 2012. "When Rista Simion was hired at the Northern Regional Community Health Center in Dededo, she translated the automatic telephone options into the language of people from Chuuk state."
Asian correspondent - March 22, 2012. "In early February, Department of Employment (DOE) director Prawit Kiengphon authorized the return of Thai workers to Libya. More than 10,000 Thai refinery and construction workers were evacuated from the North African nation in March 2011 after an uprising broke out which resulted in the overthrow of Mu’ammar al-Gaddafi’s authoritarian regime. As thousands of Thais are mobilized for employment in Libya, it is time to consider whether the state’s labor export program sufficiently represents the interests of Thai transnational migrant workers. Is it truly safe for Thais to be deployed to Libya? And should the state be doing more to protect the financial interests of its migrant citizens?"
The Nation - March 11, 2012. "Despite Sri Lanka’s migrant worker remittances hitting a record US$ 5.14 billion in the year 2011, the government’s policy programme to promote and improve the image of Sri Lanka as a source country that provide skilled personnel in specialised fields has been barely successful, say experts."
ILO - December, 2011. "To the boom tune of a strong Indian economy and cries of a global recession, a growing number of Indians are returning home to pursue promising careers. They benefit from the win-win environment of the reverse brain drain trend. Qurratul-Ain Haider, a Geneva-based journalist, reports from India."
The Financial Express - March 9 ,2012. "The Malaysian government has decided to provide employment to a number of Bangladeshis, who were trafficked for labour exploitation through various channels in the country."
The Australian - March 9, 2012. "Something big happened in the history of immigration last year. It didn't get any headlines. It had nothing to do with boats or asylum-seekers. It wasn't debated in parliament."
Otago Daily Times - March 6, 2012. "New Zealand has recorded its biggest loss of migrants in a 12-month period since August 2001 but ASB chief economist Nick Tuffley says the permanent departure of Kiwis to Australia has been moderating. "
ILO - February 29, 2012. "The theme for this year’s International Women’s Day, 8 March, is “Empower Rural Women, End Poverty and Hunger”. One path that many rural women take to escape poverty is to become a domestic worker in a big city household or overseas. Yet when they do, many find themselves exploited, with little or no legal protection to guarantee basic rights to pay, rest and freedom from abuse. However following the adoption of the ILO Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 (No. 189), the campaign to ensure domestic workers’ rights are respected is gaining momentum. By Lotte Kejser, Chief Technical Advisor, ILO Country Office for Indonesia and Timor Leste"
ABC - March 5, 2012. "Zandro Sta Maria left his wife and two children in the Philippines and embarked on a journey to Western Australia on a temporary work visa in 2006. "
