Tag: Migrant Rights
Labour laws followed for migrant workers
Thai tuna processors are indeed adhering to international and local labour laws in their dealings with migrant workers, according to a Chulalongkorn University research project, dispelling contrary claims by foreign human rights activists.
The study, which was revealed yesterday, just a few months prior to the expected annual review by...
Start with schools to develop open approach to foreign workers: Maruah
Foreign workers in Singapore are here to stay, and there is a need to develop a healthy, open approach towards these workers, said president of human rights group Maruah on day 14 of the Committee of Inquiry (COI) hearing into last December's Little India riot.
SINGAPORE: Foreign workers in Singapore...
For Myanmar Muslim Minority, No Escape From Brutality
HAT YAI, Thailand — He had already endured a treacherous journey down the Bay of Bengal, squeezed in the belly of a fishing trawler, then squashed in a pickup truck as it hurtled down Thailand’s southern coast. Malaysia, his final destination, was tantalizingly close.
But under the towering trees of...
Employers need to resolve migrant mess
An estimated 2 million migrants from Myanmar working across Thailand remain anxious to an irrational deadline imposed on permission to work here. The two countries agreed in 2003 that these workers could remain in Thailand only for 4 years before returning home for at least 3 years prior to...
Thailand: Don’t Forcibly Return Uighurs to China
(New York) – The government of Thailand should ensure that a group of 220 ethnic Uighurs are not forcibly returned to China and have urgent access to refugee status determination proceedings by the United Nations refugee agency, Human Rights Watch said today. The group of Uighurs, a predominantly Muslim,...
Thailand: More Uighurs Face Forced Return to China
(New York) – The government of Thailand should ensure that 112 newly detained people believed to be ethnic Uighurs are not forcibly returned to China, Human Rights Watch said today. Thai authorities detained the group in Sa Kaew province near the Thai-Cambodia border and brought them to the central...
Another Batch of Uyghur Asylum Seekers Held in Thailand
Thailand has detained a second group of people believed to be Uyghurs fleeing violence in China's Xinjiang province as Southeast Asian countries are asked to adopt a more humane policy towards the ethnic minority asylum seekers.
The group of 112 was held in Sa Kaew province near the Thai-Cambodia border...
Criminals Run Thailand’s Trafficking Gangs, Says Campaigning Commander
PHUKET: Organised crime was a part of Thailand's human trafficking problem, Thailand's Immigration Division 6 Commander, Police Major General Thatchai Pitaneelaboot, said yesterday.
He dismissed claims that the latest mystery arrivals, whose background has yet to be determined, were ''terrorists.''
''These people are mostly families with young children and we have...
HRW says Uighurs detained, expelled
A group of 15 ethnic minority Uighurs fleeing China who were arrested in the Thai border province of Sa Kaeo on Sunday morning had been detained by authorities in Cambodia hours earlier, Human Rights Watch said yesterday.
Citing sources within the Thai government, the rights group’s statements match eyewitness reports...
Myanmar: Rohingya Muslims Can Call Themselves Bengali
TEHRAN (FNA)- Myanmar will not allow Muslims to register as ‘Rohingya’ in the country’s first census in three decades despite UN assurances.
Ye Htut, a government spokesman, says Rohingya Muslims can call themselves Bengali as they register for the first census in the past 30 years, press tv reported. The...
