The Economic Times, India, 15 April 2022 - As we navigate the new immigration rules, policies and procedures, it is imperative to recognise that even for experienced sponsors, there are changes coming in to play with the system that all will need to understand and navigate through.
RANE, Malaysia, 14 April 2022 - Malaysian Human Resources Minister Saravanan Murugan announced that a special committee will meet on April 15 to speed up the immigration process for roughly 180,000 migrant labor applications, South China Morning Post reported April 14.
The Straits Times, Malaysia, 14 April 2022 - Malaysia is looking to ease a pandemic-driven labour crunch that has choked its key plantation and manufacturing industries by hastening the hiring of migrant workers.
The Indian Express, India, 14 April 2022 - On the roadside in Pruchoo village of Pulwama, Dheeraj Kumar keeps an eye on passersby as he prepares mortar for construction of a house, his nerves on edge every time a stranger approaches. “I know, they (the militants) are targeting people from outside Kashmir. But what else can we do?” says Kumar, who is from Bagaha in Bihar. “We will die either way. If I don’t work here, what do I feed my family back home? I am just taking precautions and hope nothing happens.”
The Daily Star, Sri Lanka, 14 April 2022 - Absence is the highest form of presence." This Joycean quote could not be truer for Nisha.
ISEAS, Myanmar, 13 April 2022 - Since Myanmar’s February 2021 military coup, internal and external migration has become a pronounced form of social mobilization. A key reason is very clear: security concerns. Many Myanmar people have been forced to go into hiding, while others have fled to avoid atrocities committed by the State Administration Council (SAC) regime. In addition, many people have chosen to migrate in order to prepare to fight back against the regime in various ways. Some have also emigrated in order to survive economically since many businesses have been closed down in Myanmar, which has suffered the compounded impacts of the coup and Covid-19. In all, hundreds of thousands of Myanmar migrants have been on the move in quite a short period. This condition could be called a “Myanmar migration moment”.
News Hub, New Zealand, 13 April 2022 - Christopher Luxon says the Government needs to do more to attract skilled migrants to New Zealand to combat an expected exodus of Kiwis.
The Himalayan Times, Nepal, 13 April 2022 - Ambassador of South Korea to Nepal, Park Chong-suk, on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Krishna Kumar Shrestha at the ministry in Singha Durbar.
Relief Web, Cambodia, 12 April 2022 - As in many Southeast Asian countries, the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and policies to limit its spread greatly disrupted Cambodia’s economy. Workers in Cambodia overwhelmingly operate in the informal sector and remittances from migrant workers abroad constitute a significant portion of the country’s overall gross domestic product.
CNN, Philippines, 12 April 2022 - The Department of Migrant Workers transition committee is asking President Rodrigo Duterte to nullify the implementing rules and regulations issued by Secretary Abdullah Mama-o.