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A total of 112,132 ballots cast by overseas-based Filipinos have so far been tallied in various diplomatic posts, barely meeting the government’s 80 percent target for this year’s elections.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Tuesday said Saudi employers are now obliged to hand over to the worker all his personal documents – such as passports and residency permit (iqama) – upon request.

Labor rights groups and manpower agencies have voiced their opposition to the government’s threat to suspend the hiring of Filipino workers over the shooting of a Taiwanese fisherman.

The majority of Laotians working in Thailand avoid proper registration because they not only find it complicated but too expensive, according to research conducted by Ubon Ratchathani University.

The Saudi Arabian government is likely to cancel cases charged under the Huroob (runaway from sponsor) law against migrant workers.

ITAHARI: Around 80 Nepali migrant workers have reportedly been stranded in Dubai after they were denied work and salary as per the contract.

Bangladesh might lose access to the labour market in Oman just like in Malaysia if workers continue to stay there illegally.

MAE LA REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand—Since the day she was born, 20-year-old Naw Lawnadoo has known almost nothing of the world beyond the fence and guard posts that hem her in with 45,000 others — ethnic minorities from Burma and those like her who were born and raised in the Mae La refugee camp in neighboring Thailand.