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US Labor urged to decide on transition extension by Aug.

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

With less than two years before the Dec. 31, 2014, end of the Commonwealth-only worker program, CNMI Delegate Gregorio Kilili C. Sablan (Ind-MP) has asked acting U.S. Labor Secretary Seth D. Harris not only to extend the transition period by five years or up to 2019 but also to make a decision “ideally within the next six months” from February-or by A

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Protect 15 Million Child Domestic Workers

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

(New York) – Ten leading international organizations called on ministers of labor around the globe in a letter released today to protect child domestic workers and to ratify the ILO Domestic Workers Convention

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Mandatory health insurance for foreign workers repealed

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Gov. Benigno R. Fitial signed into law yesterday a two-year-old bill removing the mandatory requirement for CNMI employers to pay 100 percent of their foreign workers' medical insurance for nonresident workers-a new law that some affected workers said would force them to forego buying medical insurance altogether if employers do not commit to pay at least half of

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Removal of mandatory health insurance for foreign workers gets Chamber's nod

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:33 CST

Shortly before a deadline to act on a pending bill or it automatically becomes law, Gov. Benigno R. Fitial received the Saipan Chamber of Commerce's position supporting the removal of the mandatory health insurance for alien workers. The Chamber is also requesting an amendment to the CNMI's labor law in light of federal takeover of immigration.

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Bank products sought for Asia’s growing migrant workers

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST

Asian banks are encouraged to be more pro-active in creating investment products to tap the US$325 billion remittances that migrant workers in developing countries send home annually.

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72.4M forced migrants worldwide – RC

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST

GENEVA (AFP) – Political upheaval, violence, natural disasters and development projects have forced some 72.4 million people to migrate from their homes worldwide, the Red Cross said Tuesday.

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Landmark domestic worker treaty to soon take effect: ILO

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST

GENEVA - A landmark treaty on the protection of the up to 100 million domestic workers in the world will take effect within the next year, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Wednesday.

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Six suspected illegal immigrants from A66 lorry arrested

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST

Six men have been arrested on suspicion of being illegal immigrants after being spotted jumping from a van in Cumbria.

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Nehru Memorial School Project

Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST

Schools Bandung - International schools. Bandung Alliance School. Jl. ... Nehru Memorial International School (Indian) Jl. Lembong 40 Bandung, Jawa Barat

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Kyrgyz, Tajiks form group to help migrants workers

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST

BISHKEK – Twenty-five NGOs in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are starting a four-year, US $3m (142m KGS or 14.3m TJS) programme to advance migrant workers’ rights, Vechernii Bishkek reported July 26, quoting Svetlana Bashtovenko, head of the Kyrgyz NGO Resource Centre for the Elderly.

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UN: 2.4 million human trafficking victims

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. crime-fighting office said Tuesday that 2.4 million people across the globe are victims of human trafficking at any one time, and 80 percent of them are being exploited as sexual slaves.

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Canada scraps nearly 300,000 skilled immigrant applications

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST

OTTAWA - Canada plans to eliminate a backlog of stale immigration applications by skilled workers, in a potentially controversial move designed to enable immigrants whose skills are in greater current demand to enter the country faster.

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Employment period of foreign workers to be extended

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST

The Ministry of Manpower (MOM) will be extending the maximum period of employment for foreigners holding unskilled work permit holders.

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UK migrant workers will be asked to go

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:32 CST

London: Thousands of migrant workers will be asked to go home after a few years in Britain under policies to be made public this week.

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US House passes bill favoring highly skilled foreign workers

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST

The United States House of Representatives passed this week a bill — House Resolution 3012 — which favors highly skilled workers by removing country-specific caps on immigrant engineers, computer scientists and other professionals.

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LDC remittances to rise to $350b in 2011

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST

While the economic slowdown is dampening employment prospects for migrant workers in some high-income countries, remittance flows to developing countries are expected to total $351billion this year, according to the latest World Bank brief on global migration and remittances.

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Poor social security, a major concern for workers in Asia-Pacific region

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST

While Asian economies boomed before the global recession in 2008, the fruits of that progress did not translate into better wages or secure employment conditions for workers in the region. The International Labour Organisation (ILO)'s Asian Decent Work Decade launched in 2006 was aimed at five priority areas of competitiveness, productivity and jobs; labour

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Illegal immigrants nabbed in Newcastle Chinese restaurant

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST

IMMIGRATION officers have arrested staff at a North restaurant in their latest crackdown on illegal workers.

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Migrant Domestic Workers could be Left Out in the Cold.

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST

Justice 4 Domestic Workers this week led a protest outside parliament, which saw hundreds of migrant domestic workers demonstrating against proposed changes to their visa conditions.

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Migrants choosing Asian cities

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST

The West was a major migration destination for Asian professional workers in the past but over the past decade cities in Asian countries have become popular, research has recently revealed.

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Signs of hope for Lebanons migrant domestic workers

jaypee — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST

About one migrant domestic worker commits suicide in Lebanon a week, according to NY-based Human Rights Watch (HRW). Though workers are often manipulated into thinking they’d be treated better in Lebanon compared to other nations in the region, 'Lebanon has failed t

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Bill of rights needed for foreign domestic workers

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST

Caram Asia is recommending a comprehensive bill of rights for domestic workers at the international level that can be modelled at the national levels.

In most countries, foreign domestic workers do not have weekly days off, fixed hours of work nor rest periods and other basic labour rights.

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Asian, EU Governments and Experts Meet to Debate Asian Labour Migration to Europe

jacobo — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:33:31 CST

Belgium (IOM) - Governments and experts from Asia and European Union (EU) will today (8 February) meet in Brussels to take part in a two-day dialogue to explore the future prospects of Asian migrant workers in Europe.

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Migrant numbers could soar to 405-M by 2050: IOM

jaypee — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 CST

GENEVA - The number of international migrants could soar by 68% to 405 million in 2050, the IOM said Monday, noting that emerging economies in Asia, Africa and Latin America are becoming important destinations.

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