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Malaysian govt announces sweeping changes to Labour Recalibration Programme

The government of Malaysia has expanded the Labour Recalibration Programme to allow the participation of foreign employers in four sub-sectors of the service industry including restaurants, cleaning services, cargo, and wholesale and retail. As per…

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Bangladeshi embassy in Kuala Lumpur launches jobs portal

The Bangladesh High Commission in Kuala Lumpur recently launched a job portal with the aim of assisting employers in Malaysia in finding suitable workers for their jobs. Named ‘ChakrirKhoj’, the portal will also help workers…

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New Zealand’s migrant workers urge PM to end their agony of family separation

The migrant workers in New Zealand suffered months of emotional stress as they were separated from family as immigration visa applications were halted in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and there is no news…

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Britain Criticized Over Migrant Workers Ill-treatment In Agriculture Farms

Migrant workers are having a tough time dealing with slave like conditions that have been created for them at the various British farm lands. The torture and exploitation has been exasperated by the Covid-19 situation.…

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Saudi Arabia: Two rights groups officially collaborated to protect workers rights

On Monday, two rights groups: Human Rights Commission and the Saudi National Workers Committees signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together towards promoting and protecting workers’ rights in the country. The two rights…

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Saudi Arabia abolishes kafala system, introduces e-portal for migrants for easy job change

On Sunday, Saudi Arabia took a progressive step towards the country’s foreign workers as it formally abolished the exploitative kafala system. The age-old kafala system was adopted by the Saudi regime about 70 years ago.…

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Erdogan tries to woo EU for bloc’s membership

Erdogan tries to woo EU for bloc’s membership by introducing cosmetic changes in his regime

In the pursuit to achieve Turkey’s longstanding dream of becoming part of the European Union, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been trying very hard to brush up the country’s image, especially the human rights…

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Danish Model

Why the Danish Model For Migrant Workers Is Becoming A Farce?

In a surprising revelation, it has been proven that EU and Non-EU migrant population is being discriminated and exploited in Danish industries. This is despite an exceptional pro-migrant ‘Danish model’ that is in place to…

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Kalayaan charity highlights UK’s migrant domestic worker’s need for rights

According to Thompson Reuters Foundation News, a volunteer for ‘Kalayaan’ which is UK’s charity organization working to improve workers’ rights for migrant domestic laborers expressed that they were informed about a vaccine rollout. The organization wrote…

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Nepali Migrants

Deceased Nepali Migrants Brought Back Home After 90 Days

It is heart-wrenching to note that deceased Nepali migrants working overseas were only flown back after a gap of two months from their time of death.  Families of the deceased migrant workers who lost their…

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