Tag: Migrant Rights
Migrant kids’ schooling at risk
A plan floated in Thailand to cut state educational support to migrant workers’ children has drawn the ire of rights groups, which say thousands of Cambodian youths could be denied their basic right to education.
Tue, 9 September 2014 Alice Cuddy and Phak Seangly
A plan floated in Thailand to cut...
UN refugee agency slams Cambodia-Australia deal
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has distanced itself from Australia’s still unsigned deal to transfer refugees from the Nauru refugee detention center for resettlement in Cambodia, one of Southeast Asia’s poorest nations.
Michael Sainsbury, Bangkok
Australia
September 15, 2014
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has distanced itself from Australia’s...
Ministry tightens rules for overseas job agency licences
The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security is tightening procedures for issuing licences to job agencies that send workers overseas, says the Myanmar Overseas Employment Agencies Federation.
The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security is tightening procedures for issuing licences to job agencies that send workers overseas, says...
ASEAN representatives visit One-Stop Service Center for migrant workers in Samut Sakhon
During their visit, a talk was given on Samut Sakhon’s migrant worker employment system, their living conditions and benefits, and their human rights protection.
SAMUT SAKHON, 18 September 2014 (NNT) -- Mr. Chairat Vechapanich, the Chief of Samut Sakhon Public Health Office, together with Mr. Suwan Duangta from Samut Sakhon...
UAE and Thailand to Combat Human Trafficking
21 September 2014
The International Gulf Organization (IGO) for Human Rights commends UAE’s efforts to combat human trafficking.
The UAE is negotiating with Thailand to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on strengthening cooperation, training and exchange of information in relation to human trafficking. This will make Thailand the third country...
US waives sanctions after Thailand flunks human trafficking test
The United States has waived sanctions against Thailand that could have been imposed as a result of the country’s insufficient efforts to combat human trafficking.
The United States has waived sanctions against Thailand that could have been imposed as a result of the country’s insufficient efforts to combat human trafficking.
Thailand,...
Govt backtracks on sending domestic workers to Singapore
Citing concerns about exploitation, the government has ceased granting permits for domestic servants to work in Singapore for the foreseeable future. The announcement represents a stark change of policy, as hundreds of Myanmar maids are already working in Singapore
Citing concerns about exploitation, the government has ceased granting permits for...
Human rights groups describe Cambodia asylum seeker deal as shameful
Human rights groups have described a deal to send asylum seekers from Australia's offshore detention centres to Cambodia as shameful.
Human rights groups have described a deal to send asylum seekers from Australia's offshore detention centres to Cambodia as shameful.
Immigration Minister Scott Morrison will travel to Phnom Penh to sign...
Groups, Villagers Protest Cambodia-Australia Agreement on Refugees
Hundreds of Cambodian activists and villagers protested outside the Australian Embassy in Phnom Penh Friday against an agreement allowing Canberra to resettle refugees in their impoverished Southeast Asian nation and which has been criticized by the U.N. refugee agency and human rights activists.
Hundreds of Cambodian activists and villagers protested...
An affront to human rights
As recently as January, Australia denounced Cambodia for its poor human rights record at a United Nations human rights hearing. Now, just eight months later, Australia has turned a blind eye to this record by signing a refugee deal with Cambodia that raises serious human rights concerns.
Wed, 1 October...
