Aux Maldives, de nombreux travailleurs migrants n’ont pas reçu leurs salaires depuis près de six mois. Ce blocage a déclenché une importante vague de manifestations, dont la plus récente s’est …
Tesco to end contracts with migrant worker agencies
Tesco Malaysia has confirmed that it will terminate its contracts with employment agencies that supply foreign workers. “In order to adhere to new government policies on recruiting workers from outside …
Coalition Brings Pressure to End Forced Uighur Labor
On Thursday, more than 190 organizations spanning 36 countries issued a call to action, seeking formal commitments from clothing brands to cut all ties with suppliers implicated in Uighur forced …
Indonesia charges three recruiters over sailor’s torture death on Chinese fishing vessel
Police in Indonesia have charged three recruiting agency bosses over the torture death of an Indonesian crew member found in a freezer aboard a Chinese fishing vessel, an official said …
Cambodia: ‘Change to labour law could hurt workers’
Minister of Labour and Vocational Training Ith Sam Heng said the private sector has been confronted with competition from other exporting countries and the government is cooperating to find a …
Standard Workers Repatriation Directive of Nepal government
This is the unofficial translation of Standard Workers Repatriation Directive of Nepal government. The directive sets criteria and process to repatriate standard workers from destination countries on free of charge …
High court backs negligence claim of Bangladeshi ship-breaker’s widow
A widow whose husband fell eight storeys to his death while breaking up a supertanker in Bangladesh can pursue a negligence claim against Maran (UK), a British company involved in the ship’s …
VOICES FROM THE LITIGATION FRONTLINES: A webinar presented by the Human Trafficking Legal Center
Attorneys in Thailand have launched innovative strategic litigation to combat forced labor in supply chains, as well as sex trafficking. Dornnapha Sukkree, an attorney in Bangkok, is in the vanguard …
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The Compounding Impacts of COVID-19 on Migrant Workers in South East Asia
“Closed businesses, empty city streets, and airports have become global symbols of the COVID-19 pandemic. All of us have been directly or indirectly impacted through lockdown measures – movement and travel …