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MANILA - The Philippine government is ready to evacuate Filipinos in Taiwan in case tensions and attacks further escalate.

The Saudi Arabian government  has offered a grace period for the overstaying Sri Lankan migrant workers.

KATHMANDU: Suicide among Nepali migrant workers has increased by 12.96 per cent in the last nine months.

The government will get tough with migrant workers involved in visa forgery and illegal business in the United Arab Emirates. 

MANILA — Advocates for Philippine migrant workers say they are concerned about the effects of a hiring freeze Taiwan's government has put in place against the Philippines.  The move came less than a week after a Philippine Coast Guard crew admitted shooting at a Taiwanese vessel, killing a fisherman.

MANILA, Philippines—Malacañang has formed a team from the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco) in Taipei to ensure protection for Filipino workers in Taiwan after reports of harassment and attacks by Taiwanese angry over the fatal shooting of one of their fishermen by Philippine coast guards last week.

Amid efforts to resolve an escalating row with Taiwan over the death of a fisherman, the Philippine government has promised to extend assistance to Filipino workers in Taiwan who may be harassed or attacked.

Sixty-one Bangladeshis, who were in Sri Lankan detention camps for four months after being picked up by that country’s navy in February, were scheduled to be brought back from Colombo around Sunday noon.