United Nations Human Rights, Global, 8 April 2022 - The Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families this afternoon closed its thirty-fourth session after adopting concluding observations on the reports of Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde and Paraguay.
Khmer Times, Cambodia, 7 April 2022 - More than 400 Cambodian migrant workers and their family members have crossed the Thai-Cambodian birder at Sampov Loun district to spend the Khmer New Year which falls next week with their families in their respective home towns.
Inquirer.net, Philippines, 7 April 2022 - President Rodrigo Duterte should “immediately fire” newly-appointed Migrant Workers Secretary Abdullah Mama-o for supposedly “putting his personal interest” above the needs of the sector he should protect, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said Thursday.
Inquirer.net, Philippines, 7 April 2022 - The Philippine Overseas Employment Agency (POEA) continues to function as an independent agency despite the creation of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW), according to Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea.
India Today, India, 7 April 2022 - As many as 30 migrant workers were arrested by Tamil Nadu police in Erode for rioting and injuring policemen. The workers were rioting because one of them had died in a road accident.
Free Malaysia Today, Malaysia, 6 April 2022 - There is an urgent need to address the acute labour shortage in the country that has been worsened by the delays in processing applications to bring in migrant workers, the Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) said today.
News Wire, Sri Lanka, 6 April 2022 - Minister for Government Policy Coordination of the Republic of Korea, Koo Yun-Cheol, who is on an official visit to Sri Lanka, called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris on 01 April 2022.
Adaderana, Sri Lanka, 5 April 2022 - Minister for Government Policy Coordination of the Republic of Korea, Koo Yun-Cheol, who is on an official visit to Sri Lanka, called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. G.L. Peiris on Friday (April 01).
New Straits Times, Malaysia, 4 April 2022 - Malaysia has for several years been accused (which it has consistently denied) of using forced migrant labour in its plantations and other industries.
New Mandala, Philippines, 4 April 2022 - In mid-2021, Abegail* received the good news that she can finally return to her job as a bartender for an Italian cruise line. It was a huge relief for the Filipino cruise worker. The previous year, she was among the thousands of Filipino migrant workers who had been repatriated to the Philippines during the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the shutdown of the cruise industry, Abegail and her co-workers spent months stranded at home, unemployed and dependent on their previous earnings to cover daily needs. “All of us have used up our savings,” she said.
Stuff, New Zealand, 4 April 2022 - Migrant worker Rubica Kapoor’s life has been in limbo for two years, living on her father-in-law’s Indian pension as her family-of-three wait to be allowed home to Aotearoa.
Phil Star Global, Philippines, 3 April 2022 - In the second round of the debates organized by the Commission on Elections, presidential candidates were asked about their plans to ensure the safety of migrant workers in the Southeast Asian nations.
Vietnam Plus, Indonesia, 2 April 2022 - Indonesian Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah and Malaysian Minister of Human Resources Saravanan Murugan in Jakarta on April 1 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Indonesian migrant workers' placement and protection in Malaysia.
New Age, Bangladesh, 2 April 2022 - THIS is a matter of grave concern that the airlines that operate in Bangladesh have continued to charge abnormally high airfare from Middle East-bound migrant workers, adding to the cost of migration yet again. There seem to be a number of reasons at play behind the unusually high ticket prices. Aviation experts say that the price of tickets is set based on supply and demand. The availability of tickets is disproportionate to the high demand in Bangladesh as about 7,000 migrant workers travel to the Middle East on an average every day. Experts also say that airlines have increased airfare to deal with the substantial financial loss they incurred during the protracted Covid outbreak. An increase in the cost of migration as a result of high ticket prices has hit the migrant labour sector hard and has come to discourage many migrant workers from travelling abroad. This could impact the remittances flow and adversely affect the national economy. What is, however, worrying is that the situation has come to such a pass because of the failure of the government to take early measures to keep ticket prices stable and ease the burden on migrant workers.
Reuters, Indonesia, 1 April 2022 - Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob witnessed on Friday the signing of an agreement to improve protection for domestic migrant workers following a meeting between the leaders in Jakarta.
