The Straits Times, Singapore, 12 April 2022 - For the first time in three years, Muslim migrant workers here will be able to perform their special night prayers (terawih) together in a large congregation of up to 500 devotees during Ramadan.
Today, Singapore, 12 April 2022 - The Migrant Workers' Centre (MWC) has apologised for errors in signages placed around its recreation club on Soon Lee Road meant for foreign workers, following feedback from a Bangladeshi worker who photographed several wrong spellings in his native language.
Thaiger, Thailand, 11 April 2022 - Thailand is looking to bring in more labourers from neighbouring countries with the help of recruitment agencies, as the government seeks to employ an army of around 150,000 foreign workers to make up for the country’s low percentage of people willing to do manual labour jobs. But the general public is worried about the clutter and spread of Covid-19 from migrant workers, sparking a debate about immigration procedures.
Aliran, Malaysia, 11 April 2022 - A nauseating odour, rats and cockroaches, infested living conditions, folded cardboard boxes for beds, poor ventilation and leaking pipes – this is not a case of life in a slave camp but the reality in some places in today’s Malaysia.
Malay Mail, Indonesia, 11 April 2022 - Indonesia is looking to phase out sending its citizens to Malaysia to work as domestic helpers, said its ambassador to Malaysia Hermono.
Channel News Asia, Indonesia, 10 April 2022 - It has been a stressful period for Tasha Prasheela Chandran, 36, as her family enquired high and low on hiring a foreign domestic helper for her mother-in-law.
The Print, India, 10 April 2022 - A government firm hired by the Labour Bureau to carry out field work, collect data and develop software for surveys on migrant workers and employment in the unorganised sector has been deemed “incompetent” for the job by the head of an expert panel constituted by the Centre.
Khmer Times, Cambodia, 9 April 2022 - Applications for employment in Thailand have been approved for more than 140,000 migrant workers through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with three neighbouring countries, according to the Department of Employment (DoE).
Channel News Asia, Indonesia, 9 April 2022 - Indonesian Syamsinar, 38, has been busy with online searches over the past few days about working in Malaysia as a domestic worker.
The Straits Times, Singapore, 9 April 2022 - Thousands of Hindu and Muslim foreign workers in Singapore will be getting snacks and festive treats to mark the holy month of Ramadan and the Hindu New Year, which both fall in April.
Scroll, India, 9 April 2022 - “We did not migrate in the ’90s,” said Anil Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit who lives in South Kashmir’s Shopian district. “We have no idea why we were attacked. [It] has scared us.”
Khmer Times, Cambodia, 8 April 2022 - Thailand is ready to allow close to 40,000 Cambodian migrant workers from Cambodia and another 120,000 from two other neighbours.
UCA News, Thailand, 8 April 2022 - Thailand will admit about 160,000 migrant workers from Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar in a bid to resolve labor shortages while looking to issue more than 2.2 million work visas to those who remained in-country during the pandemic.
Phil Star Global, Philippines, 8 April 2022 - President Duterte yesterday led the groundbreaking of the Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) Center in Daang Hari, Las Piñas City and ordered agencies to improve the services given to migrant workers and their families.
Manila Bulletin, Philippines, 8 April 2022 - As part of efforts to recognize the contribution of overseas Filipino workers (OFW) to the country’s economy, a new OFW Center is set to be built in Las Piñas City to serve as a one-stop shop that caters to the needs of the so-called modern-day heroes.
