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Migrant workers to face job restriction
London :: United Kingdom | 4 days ago
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The length of time that skilled jobs must be advertised to UK residents is to double from a fortnight to four weeks from 14 December, the Home Office announced yesterday. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said this will better support resident workers.
Tags: migrant workers, United Kingdom, London, Immigration, Migrant worker, Foreign worker, Politics, Social Issues, Immigration law, Labor, Human migration
ISRAEL: New report highlights exploitation of migrant workers
Tel Aviv :: Israel | 9 days ago
Credibility Migrant workers in Israel’s agriculture sector are among the most exploited, according to a 28 October report by Kav LaOved , an Israeli NGO campaigning for the rights of disadvantaged workers in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Ninety...
Tags: Israeli Ministry of Industry, Kav LaOved, migrant workers, Thailand, agriculture sector, Israel, Tel Aviv, Migrant worker, Politics, civil society, foundations, Social Issues, Labor
Supporters of illegal aliens' kids urge Yishai to cancel 'racist' deportations
Tel Aviv :: Israel | 9 days ago
Credibility In the continuing battle to prevent the deportation of 1,200 foreign workers' children, a few dozen protesters gathered outside Interior Minister Eli Yishai's office in the capital on Wednesday. Over the past month, 3,200 people have signed an online...
Tags: Eli Yishai, Israeli Children, minister eli, legal status, migrant workers, interior minister, Israel, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem Governorate, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, East Jerusalem, Ma'ale Adumim, Disputed territories, Divided cities, Fertile Crescent, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shas, Avaaz.org, Social Issues, Deportation, Foreign worker, Migrant worker, Immigration, Human migration, Politics
China completes safety inspection on most school buildings
Xinhua :: China | 19 days ago
Credibility China also started a three-year nationwide school reinforcement project from May to improve school building's capabilities to survive disasters such as earthquakes, landslides, floods and typhoons. The central government promised earlier to allocate...
Rehired land-based OFWs boost worker deployment in last 5 years
by JEREMAIAH M. OPINIANO OFW Journalism Consortium MANILA—CONTRACTS for overseas work over a five-year period benefited more rehired land-based overseas Filipino workers, government data reveal. ...
Tags: OFWs, newhires, rehires, migrant workers, deployment, OFW deployment, overseas employment, overseas Filipinos
Govt to withdraw workers from Middle Eastern countries
Jalīb aš-Šuyūẖ :: Kuwait | 28 days ago
Credibility Minister Muhaimin Iskandar said Monday that his office would withdraw 1,750 migrant workers in Kuwait, Jeddah and Jordan. “We will send special planes to pick them up on Nov. 9. We will then close down the workers supply office in Kuwait,” Muhamin told...
Tags: migrant workers, Muhaimin Iskandar, Kuwait
ISRAEL: 1,200 children face deportation
Tel Aviv :: Israel | about 1 month ago
Credibility Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai has said he will not grant legal status to some 1,200 children of migrant workers, triggering an anti-deportation campaign led by several NGOs. The 1,200 are not included in the 2006 government scheme that granted...
Tags: Eli Yishai, legal status, migrant workers
Migrant workers 'face abuse' in SKorea
Seoul :: South Korea | about 1 month ago
Credibility South Korea became one of the first Asian countries to recognise the rights of migrant workers when it implemented the Employment Permit System (EPS) in August 2004. "Now, five years into the EPS work scheme, migrant workers in South Korea continue to...
Tags: migrant workers, South Korea Migrant, workers treated, disposable labour
Bangkok Post: Migrants in a bind – Editorial
Samut Sakhon :: Thailand | about 1 month ago
Credibility Thailand needs to solve the problem of underground migrant workers, now estimated at 3 million strong. The challenge is how to do it right. The annual registration system has failed miserably because the procedures are too complicated and costly, and...
Tags: Southern Thailand, migrant workers
Rieke seeks support for migrant workers
Jakarta :: Indonesia | about 1 month ago
Credibility On screen, in a TV show, she might be the naïve kampung girl Oneng. But in real life, as a seasoned activist in the field of feminism and human rights, Rieke Dyah Pitaloka has recently taken on a new challenge: to speak on behalf of migrant workers. At...
Tags: migrant workers
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