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ABU DHABI // An academic yesterday called for the Gulf Cooperation Council to harmonise its migration management policy as the states share similar concerns.

ABU DHABI // The forum yesterday highlighted the need to promote migrant workers' rights and reach agreements on their movement around the Arabian Gulf.

ABU DHABI // A survey of migrant workers in the UAE has found that 63 per cent of earnings are sent home - an average of Dh10,000 each annually.

BANGKOK, 16 May 2013 (NNT) – The Department of Employment (DOE) has revealed that almost 170,000 migrant workers have already received their work permits while assuring that the documents will be issued for the rest of the applicants before the deadline in August.

BEIJING: More than 100,000 migrant workers in China are believed to have entered into temporary marriages- a euphemism for live-in relationships.

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine government urged the Taiwanese people on Thursday to treat Filipinos working in Taiwan decently amid a brewing row over  the death of a Taiwanese fisherman killed last week by the Philippine Coast Guard off Batanes.

Taiwan and the Philippines are fighting, with Taiwanese furious over the killing of a local fisherman by the Philippine coast guard in disputed waters, so Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has found an easy target to show voters he can stand up for them: Ma is punishing young women from the Philippines who work in Taiwan as domestic helpers.

MANILA – Some Filipino workers in Taiwan are worried that tensions will continue to escalate following the death of a Taiwanese fisherman last week.