Mixed Reaction to Recent Announcement of Insurance Schemes for Migrant Workers in India (0)
1/11/12 •
Earlier this month the Government of India announced that it would establish a Pension and Life Insurance Fund (PLIF) for the benefit of Indian migrant workers working overseas in the Emigration Check Required (ECR) countries, particularly, in the Gulf countries along with few other measures. These measures include an e-migrate project to provide solutions for [...]
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BWI Affiliate, PMLU Conducts Mission in UAE (0)
12/15/11 •
P. Narayana Swamy, President of the Palamoori Migrant Labour Union in Hyderabad, AP, India along with two other representatives of migrant rights groups from Andhra Pradesh conducted a mission to the United Arab Emirates to assess the situation of migrant workers, particularly those imprisoned in Dubai jails.
Recently the Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed, the Minister of [...]
International Solidarity Ends the Ordeal of Indian Workers in Uganda (0)
12/15/11 •
The ordeal of the 12 Indian migrant workers in Uganda hailing mostly from the Orissa and Bihar States finally came to a happy end on December 5, when they finally returned home in India. This was made possible due to a collective and coordinated efforts of the BWI with specific intervention from the BWI Asia [...]
Voices of Migrant Workers Impacted by Floods in Thailand: Ko Myo’s Story (0)
12/03/11 •
Ko myo is a 23 year old Burman migrant worker from Myanmar who has been in Thailand for many years working in construction. He has always remained undocumented. Ko Myo has always worked in the Greater Bangkok area.
When the floods hit Thailand, Ko myo was moved by his previous employer to Samut Prakan province to [...]
MOU Signed between Nepalese and Indian Unions on Cross-Border Migrant Workers (0)
12/03/11 •
Nepal: A two day conference was organised for migrant workers in the Capital – Kathmandu on 11-12 November 2011 to discuss the key concerns of migrant workers, in particular cross border migrants between India and Nepal. The inaugural session at the conference included representatives from SASK, ILO, Federation of Contractors Association of Nepal (FCAN) and [...]
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The HKCTU Supports Migrant Workers Seeking Hong Kong Permanent Resident Status
