Inquirer - 9 February 2015 - President Benigno Aquino III officially welcomed Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on his first state visit to the country on Monday.
Taipei Times - 9 February 2015 - The number of migrant workers in Taiwan has reached a historic high of more than half a million, according to annual statistics released by the Ministry of the Interior on Saturday.
Undercurrent News - 6 February 2015 - Shrimp processor Crystal Frozen Foods, a member of the Thai Frozen Foods Association (TFFA), is working to resolve a labor rights dispute which has arisen this year.
Staffing Industry Analysts - 5 February 2015 - A 30 year-old Bangladeshi migrant worker lodged a complaint with Singapore’s Ministry of Manpower (MoM) in August 2014 when he was not paid his salary. His case was dismissed on 6 January 2015, after which he was fined SGD 100 (USD 74) and deported, reports anti-trafficking organisation home-blog.org.
Fragomen Worldwide - 6 February 2015 - The Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration will be establishing a presence at the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board’s One Stop Service (OSS) Center, following regulations issued on January 26, 2015. This change brings stricter application guidelines and additional documentation requirements for employers and foreign nationals filing work permit applications at the OSS.
CNBC - 5 February 2015 - China's flagging economy is making it harder for Beijing to mend holes in its pension system for 166 million of the country's migrant workers, a problem that contributed to a doubling in the number of strikes last year.
The National - 2 February 2015 - Indian labourers are making a crucial difference to their families’ living conditions back home, a study has found.
Free Malaysia Today - 4 February 2015 - Card meant to help those not paid by their employers, unable to renew their permits, cheated by their agents, and abused.
The Cambodian Daily - 4 February 2015 - The government has to date printed passports for two-thirds of the roughly 60,000 Cambodians currently working in Thailand who have asked for the documents in order to stay there legally, an Interior Ministry official said Tuesday.
Deutsche Welle - 2 January 2015 - Gender, location and in some areas caste have long limited upward mobility in South Asia. But Martin Rama, the World Bank's chief economist for the region, tells DW jobs and migration are offsetting these disadvantages.
The Daily Star - 2 February 2015 - Ending a six-year restriction, Saudi Arabia has decided to open its labour market for Bangladesh, generating new hopes among thousands of overseas jobseekers.
Vice News - 30 January 2015 - A fishing trawler that sank in the Bay of Bengal on Thursday was packed with illegal migrants bound for Malaysia, dozens of whom are feared to have drowned, Bangladeshi authorities have said.
Demilked - 29 January 2015 - 27 year old domestic worker Xyza Cruz Bacani, a migrant worker from the Philippines, became famous for her street photographs of Hong Kong, where she travels to work.
ECNS - 29 January 2015 - Fan Jinbing left his home in the Pudong New Area at 6:30am as usual yesterday. But he'd swapped his usual work overalls for a suit and was heading to the annual session of the Shanghai People's Congress in his capacity as a city legislator.
Antara News - 28 January 2015 - Malaysian Ambassador to Indonesia Zahrain Mohamed Hashim said his country will help Indonesia overcome its migrant workers (TKIs) problem, particularly the issue of illegal workers.