8 July 2013 - Migrante International. Global alliance of overseas Filipinos Migrante International today expressed deep concern over the crackdowns and mass deportation of undocumented Filipinos recently being launched in Japan and South Korea.
5 July 2013 - Bangkok Post. The Public Health Ministry wants to encourage neighbouring countries to start their own universal healthcare schemes. The government provides free healthcare services to migrants and stateless people.
4 July 2013 - Constructionweekonline.com. Qatar has the highest citizen-migrant ratio of any country according to the latest information compiled by the Migration Policy Institute on the top destinations for migrant workers.
3 July 2013 - The Nation. A government plan to hire 50,000 Bangladeshi workers to tackle labour shortages in the fishing industry could worsen human trafficking in Thailand, the Labour Rights Promotion Network (LPN) warned yesterday.
2 July 2013 - Human Rights Watch. Over nine million migrant workers in Saudi Arabia – more than half the work force – fill manual, clerical, and service jobs. Many suffer multiple abuses and labor exploitation, sometimes amounting to slavery-like conditions, Human Rights Watch said.
2 July 2013 - Times of India. Australia on Monday implemented a new stringent visa regime for hiring of foreign workers besides increasing the visa fees.
30 June 2013 - migrantrights.org. Kuwait’s mass deportation of undocumented migrant workers has continued unabated since early this year. Other GCC states including Saudi Arabia, Oman, and Qatar also launched reinvigorated ‘security’ campaigns against undocumented migrants in 2013, but on a comparatively smaller scale.
28 June 2013 - UN News Centre. Remittances – the money sent by migrants to their home countries – could generate $30 billion annually for investment in rural areas if initiatives were scaled up, according to the United Nations agency that works to improve the lives of the world's rural poor.
24 June 2013 - Myanmar Times. Migrant workers in Thailand say a new registration system has made it harder for them to access health care, with more than 1.2 million thought to be without any form of cover.
24 June 2013 - Dhaka Tribune. According to a recent study conducted by the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), 65% of female migrant workers face violence one way or the other in their host countries.
The Khaleej Times, 16 May 2013 - The primary and most visible means through which migration has its strong impact on development for labour-sending countries is in the area of financial remittances, transfer of skills and knowledge and creation of international network of migrants that can facilitate trade and investment.
29 April 2013 - Korea Herald. In 2012, the nation hired 791,000 non-Koreans, according to Statistics Korea. A majority of alien workers toil in factories, restaurants and construction sites, filling the gaps left by the native workforce that is fast aging and increasingly shunning hard, low-paying jobs.
29 April 2013 - About two million Nepalis work in the Gulf region and nearly three per cent seek help every year. Migrant rights activists have sought a strong mechanism to rescue stranded migrant workers in destination countries or countries of origin.
29 April 2013 - Jakarta Post. Labor watchdogs say limited access to information on the rights and protection of migrant workers is one of the reasons behind the rampant exploitation and marginalization that workers face.
25 April 2013 - BBC News. The committee responsible for the football World Cup in Qatar says a new "workers' charter" will protect labourers.
