Tag: Migrant Rights
Cambodia-Based NGOs Reject Controversial Refugee Deal With Australia
A number of Cambodia-based non-profit civic groups reject Australia’s refugee transfer deal with Cambodia. The deal is "not something that the development community would support," according to Jason Evans, Cambodian national director of World Vision.
Asia & Pacific
17:12 22.03.2015(updated 18:24 22.03.2015)
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A number of Cambodia-based non-profit civic groups...
ASEAN Economic Community: Slow Progress on Labour Issues
Although Southeast Asian economies rely on international labour as a key element of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), the progress of labour liberalisation has been disappointing. It is obstructed by domestic laws and regulations due to differing concerns of labour-exporting and labour-importing countries.
Although Southeast Asian economies rely on international...
RI must push for ASEAN treaty on workers
Indonesian migrant workers are at risk of harsh treatment and exploitation as the region moves toward the introduction of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by the end of 2015 unless the region comes up with a legally binding instrument, officials have said.
Hans Nicholas Jong, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta |...
Government Approves Pact to Send Maids to Malaysia
Cambodia has signed off on a draft agreement that would lift a moratorium on sending maids to Malaysia, imposed four years ago amid widespread reports of abuse, and is waiting for the Malaysian government’s approval, a Labor Ministry official said Tuesday.
By Simon Henderson | March 18, 2015
Cambodia has signed...
Indonesia’s Migrant Workers: Dreams and Tears
Every year, Indonesians flock abroad dreaming of opportunity. For many, the reality is harsh.
By Nicolas Axelrod, Michael Malay and Thomas Cristofoletti
March 16, 2015
Working in the afternoon sun, Aneda, a 24-year-old farmer from Indonesia, deftly holds her knife as she cuts away at the full-grown stalks. She gathers the stalks...
Vietnamese, Malaysian trade unions ink deal on protection of migrant workers
Leaders of Vietnamese and Malaysian trade unions agreed here on Monday to cooperate in protecting Vietnamese migrant workers in Malaysia, one of the top four destination countries for Vietnamese workers.
Vietnamese, Malaysian trade unions ink deal on protection of migrant workers
Xinhua News Agency March 16, 2015 7:15pm
HANOI, March 16 (Xinhua)...
Lance Whitmore: Ex-squaddie accused of drug dealing’s hellish life behind bars in Thai jail
The 26-year-old shares a cramped, furnace-hot cell - designed to accommodate 20 people - with 78 other lost souls.
19:53, 14 March 2015 | By Mike Lockley
Covered in sores, pale and pitifully thin, the toll taken by seven months banged up in Thailand's hellish Klong Prem prison is branded on...
Saudi Arabia demands that Myanmar government halts discrimination against the Rohingya Muslim Minority
The Kingdom demanded the government of Myanmar to do more to spread more understanding and amicability among different communities in the country through activating the MOU signed with the Jeddah-based Organization of Islamic Cooperation as well as the working plan aiming at providing assistance and establishing the infrastructure of...
Prayut slams US for stance toward coup
The “one-size-fits-all” policy pushed by the United States does not suit everybody, and Washington needs to understand different situations existing in other countries, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said in opening the Wharton Global Forum in Bangkok on Friday.
One-size-fits-all policy doesn't work, says PM
Published: 14/03/2015 at 06:13 AM
Newspaper section: News
The...
Bali Nine Executions: Indonesian Minister Threatens Australia With ‘Human Tsunami’ Of Refugees If Provocations Persist
An Indonesian minister threatened Tuesday to release a “human tsunami” of asylum-seekers into Australia unless the "provocations" over the impending executions of the Australian Bali Nine duo come to an end. The statements won't help the souring relations between the two countries as Australia is doing its utmost to...
