Antara News, Indonesia, 1 April 2022 - The Indonesian Government has vowed to give the same protection to all Indonesian migrant workers (PMI), whether they have procedural or nonprocedural status, Presidential Chief of Staff (KSP) Moeldoko has emphasized.
Asia One, Singapore, 1 April 2022 - Like most people living with the pandemic in the past two years, Soe Lin Aung is worried about getting Covid-19.
i24 News, Qatar, 1 April 2022 - The findings reveal the scale of exploitation endured by some of the world’s poorest workers.
New Age, Bangladesh, 1 April 2022 - Airlines have continued to charge abnormal fares to passengers travelling to different Arab destinations from Bangladesh as the authorities concerned have failed to take any pragmatic step to check it amid high demand for tickets on certain routes.
The Guardian, Qatar, 1 April 2022 - Qatar is a magnet for south Asian labour, but failure to investigate deaths leaves dependents without compensation.
Independent, Qatar, 1 April 2022 - The World Cup draw marks a major landmark in a 12-year-long journey that has attracted unprecedented global scrutiny over Qatar’s treatment of its two-million-strong foreign workforce.
The Phnom Penh Post, Cambodia, 31 March 2022 - Over 700 Cambodian migrant workers are currently returning to the Kingdom from Thailand on average each day in advance of the traditional Khmer New Year holiday after the government approved the resumption its celebration this year with Covid-19 infection rates on the decline.
Newswires, Vietnam, 31 March 2022 - Vietnamese Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Đào Ngọc Dung voiced support for Cambodia's initiatives on building a declaration on insurance linkage within ASEAN, and promoting the potential of women in business, peace and security, at the 27th ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Council Meeting on Wednesday.
The Star, Laos, 31 March 2022 - The Lao Federation of Trade Unions (LFTU) has called on businesses, including garment factories, to pay workers the increased minimum wage, which rises from 1,100,000 kip to 1,500,000 kip per month this year.
Bangkok Post, Thailand, 31 March 2022 - The cabinet has approved a year-long extension of the Temporary Data Collection Centre (TDCC) for Myanmar workers to help facilitate labour management in Samut Sakhon.
VN Express, Vietnam, 31 March 2022 - Vietnam will grant a financial support package of VND6.6 trillion ($287.4 million) to help migrant workers pay rent for up to three months.
The Guardian, Qatar, 31 March 2022 - Low-wage migrant workers have been forced to pay billions of dollars in recruitment fees to secure their jobs in World Cup host nation Qatar over the past decade, a Guardian investigation has found.
Antara News, Indonesia, 30 March 2022 - The Manpower Ministry unveiled gender-responsive Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) service and protection provision guideline to ensure protection to those vulnerable to exploitation, especially women.
Antara News, Indonesia, 30 March 2022 - "The government has carried out a labor migration governance reform to improve the quality of worker protection, which is carried out thoroughly," she said at the launch of the ‘Technical Guidelines for the Implementation of Gender Responsive Services and Protection for PMI’ here on Wednesday.
Inside World Football, Qatar, 30 March 2022 - The world players union FIFPRO and the Building and Woodworkers’ International (BWI) have penned a joint open letter cautioning that human rights issues surrounding the World Cup in Qatar are far from resolved but acknowledging that considerable progress has been made by the authorities.
