Tag: Migrant Rights
Indonesia wants to stop women going abroad as maids after abuse-media
Indonesia wants to stop women going abroad as domestic workers to preserve the country's "dignity" after the high-profile case of an Indonesian maid abused and treated like a slave in Hong Kong, local media reported on Monday.
Mon Feb 16, 2015 8:25am EST
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Indonesia wants to...
LRCT lead ASEAN for One ASEAN Labour Standard.
The 2nd Regional Consultation on Prospects Challenges to Developing an ASEAN Standard and Mechanism for the Rights of Workers
By Natchanaht Thitipak, 17 February 2015
The 2nd Regional Consultation on Prospects Challenges to Developing an ASEAN Standards and Mechanisms for the Rights of Workers is co-organised by the Law Reform Commission...
Banning migrant domestic work is short sighted, says activist
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s instinct to address the abuse of Indonesian workers abroad by banning migration may be well intentioned, but is also harmful and counterproductive, a rights activist says.
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Thu, February 19 2015, 12:59 PM
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s instinct to address the...
43 Filipino fishermen held in Indonesia to be repatriated
Labor center Sentro slams tuna exporting giant Citra Mina for its alleged inaction on workers' welfare and safe return
Buena Bernal
Published 4:00 PM, Feb 20, 2015
Updated 4:00 PM, Feb 20, 2015
MANILA, Philippines – More than 5 months after they were held by Indonesian authorities, 43 Filipino fishermen aboard a boat...
Rohingya belongs to Arakan, not to Bengal
In 1799, Francis Buchanan published a book of historical documents of Rohingya. The Arakan kingdom was gone to the British territory in 1825. They have been facing systematic discrimination and inhumane harassments for many years by Burmese regime.
Burma Times: 19 Feb 2015- By Mohamed Farooq
In 1799, Francis Buchanan published...
Provincial Authorities in Cambodia Refuse to Help UN Rescue Montagnards
Local authorities in northeastern Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province on Friday refused to cooperate with a United Nations team on a mission to retrieve three dozen Montagnards from Vietnam hiding in the forest there, hoping to seek asylum.
2015-02-20
Local authorities in northeastern Cambodia’s Ratanakiri province on Friday refused to cooperate with a...
Malaysia will not sign UN convention on refugees, says minister
Malaysia does not intend to become a signatory to a United Nations convention on refugees and migrant rights as the country has its hands full dealing with “problems” brought by refugees here, a minister said today.
BY YISWAREE PALANSAMY
Published: March 12, 2015 11:49 AM
KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 — Malaysia...
RI needs to raise Rohingya issue at ASEAN forum
The Indonesian government needs to raise the issue of Rohingya refugees at the ASEAN forum, Deputy House Speaker Fahri Hamzah said.
Senin, 31 Agustus 2015 08:45 WIB | 1.165 Views
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian government needs to raise the issue of Rohingya refugees at the ASEAN forum, Deputy House...
Lao Migrants To Be Witnesses in Thai Human Trafficking Case
Thirteen migrant Lao workers rescued last week by Thai police and military officers from a pig farm outside Bangkok where they were kept in slave-like conditions will be witnesses in a human trafficking case against their employer, a police official involved in the case said.
RFA | Friday 28th August,...
Adrift in ASEAN: Tackling Southeast Asia’s Migration Challenge
Southeast Asia is a forbidding place for asylum seekers, refugees, and other forced migrants. Only two ASEAN countries are signatories to the UN Refugee Convention, and the regional body offers no counterpart to the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa and...
