Kerala, as well as whole of India, was stunned after the brutal rape and murder of Dalit Law student Jisha who with her aged, sick mother had been living in a dilapidated hut on the outskirts of Perumbavoor town in Ernakulam district of Kerala. Her rape and murder resembled that of Delhi’s Nirbhaya. The ruling […]
Nepali workers are unlawfully forced to become ‘illegal’ by unscrupulous employers, recruiters and the government. When Malaysia launched a massive crackdown on illegal migrant workers in 2014, thousands of Nepalis without passports here were left with only two options: return home or get arrested. To return home without passports, Nepali workers would require travel documents. […]
वैदेशिक रोजगारमा रहेका कामदारलाई कर्मचारी सञ्चय कोषमा आबद्ध गर्न सञ्चय कोष र गैरआवासीय नेपाली संघ (एनआरएनए) बीच सझदारी पत्र (एमओयू) मा हस्ताक्षर भएको छ । हाल विचाराधीन अवस्थामा रहेको ‘कर्मचारी सञ्जय कोष ऐनलाई संशोधन गर्न बनेको विधेयक’ पारित भएपछि वैदेशिक रोजगारमा कार्यरत कामदार कोषमा समेटिने छन् । सञ्चय कोषको मुख्यालय पुल्चोकमा आयोजित कार्यक्रममा कोषका प्रशासक […]
In a cramped house in a busy street in Deira Dubai, Hindu migrant workers from Gujarat and Muslim migrant workers from Pakistan live and work together. They celebrate the holy month of Ramadan as Pakistani Muslims distribute sweets and fruits to their Hindu co-workers. They cook and eat together. They chant the Gita and the […]
When Meilani Yuswandari, an Indonesian from Jakarta, completed her higher secondary education, she began looking for work abroad. During her search, Yuswandari met a recruiting agent who assured her of an office job in Jordan. But when she reached the country in 2011, she realised that the office job she was promised did not exist. […]
Bangladeshi migrant workers are finding it difficult to get Machine Readable Passports (MPR). They are desperately trying to contact agents or the High Commission. If they do not have an MRP passport by 31 July they will lose their job and could be arrested for being an undocumented/ illegal migrant worker. The High Commission says […]
A Malayalam TV show has helped track down as many as 530 missing migrant workers in the Gulf. For the families of the missing, the show is a saviour A cousin’s sudden suicide within days of taking up an engineer’s job in Muscat saw Rafeek Ravuther wake up to the dark side of Gulf migration. […]
Unlike other countries in West Asia, Jordan lacks petrodollars. In 1996, an agreement with the US gave the country preferential duty-free and quota-free access to the American market. This was the first such agreement the US ever had with an Arab nation and saw the establishment of Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) – essentially, industrial zones created […]
If you listen to the migrant workers attentively, you will realize that despite not being dangerous they themselves are in danger unfortunately, and illogically! Millions of Bangladeshi migrant workers have been working sincerely in different sectors in many countries. They are sending foreign remittance worth billions of taka to Bangladesh. But it is unfortunate that […]
Despite having a valid passport and visa, Bangladeshi migrant workers are facing difficult times in Malaysia. The Ringgit’s value has dropped and the number of illegal migrants has increased; so have their suffering. They’ve spent a lot of money to come here but suggest it might not be worth it. (As broadcast on Ekattor TV, […]