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| Taiwan to impose 20% income tax on foreign workers |
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Not contented with giving low wages for migrant workers, the Taiwanese government is again gearing for another anti-migrant policy. This time, by imposing a 20% income tax covering all foreign workers including those earning less that NT$10,000 (US$312) per month.
Migrant workers' organizations and their advocates are again up in arms against this highly discriminatory policy that will further reduce the meager income of low-paid foreign workers specially household service workers (domestic workers) and factory workers. ()
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A group of tsunami survivors from Aceh and North Sumatra have risked their lives fleeing from Malaysia after their residence and work permits expired.
The 26 people -- 17 women, nine men and two children under five -- crossed the waters between Penang, Malaysia, and East Aceh in a small unseaworthy boat. For two days and two nights, they were buffeted by the seas, and said they all almost drowned when the boat sprang a leak.
East Aceh Police arrested the group after they landed on Kuala I beach in East Aceh on Tuesday. (view link)
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| The Plight of Sri Lanka's Enslaved Mothers, Daughters and Sisters |
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The article presents the situation of Sri Lankan migrant workers - from how and why they left Sri Lanka and the conditions they face in the host countries.(view link)
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The Filipino migrants in Hong Kong made sure that they will get involved in challenging the GFMD.
In the recently concluded Third Filipino Migrant Workers Summit in Hong Kong University on August 31, 2008, the Filipino migrant leaders in Hong Kong discussed their current situations and struggles and how the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) only makes worse their state.
Around 400 participants from around 87 organizations, institutions and church groups joined the summit and made sure that their voices are heard in the united call to challenge the GFMD.
3rd_FMWS_Narrative_2008.pdf
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| Evictions of Undocumented Migrants in Malaysia |
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Over the years Malaysia has carried out several major evictions of undocumented migrants and stateless people. Now, the Malaysian government has started a new major crackdown with thousands being arrested and deported across Sabah.
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| Mandatory psychiatric testing |
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Mandatory psychiatric testing. The Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippine government rashly concluded that most of the Filipina domestic workers who killed their employers had a history of mental illness. It is in this frame that they will require all migrant workers to undergo psychiatric testing.
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| Mandatory processing of contracts through agencies for Indonesian migrants |
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Mandatory processing of contracts through agencies for Indonesian migrants. The Indonesian Consulate in Hong Kong recently announced that Indonesian domestic workers (IDWs) in Hong Kong have to undergo mandatory processing through recruitment agencies. Such a decision will only make the IDWs more vulnerable to overcharging by the agencies.
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| Crackdown on Undocumented Migrants in Korea |
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Crackdown on Undocumented Migrants in Korea. The South Korean government has become ruthless in its systematic crackdown on undocumented workers. Migrant workers are being nabbed on the streets, pregnant women and those in the hospitals are not spared.
KASAMMAKO.doc
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| Persecuting Irene Fernandez for exposing Malaysian police maltreating migrants |
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Persecuting Irene Fernandez for exposing Malaysian police maltreating migrants. Irene Fernandez of Tenaganita has been charged by the Malaysian Government after she released a well-substantiated report of Malaysian police maltreating undocumented migrants.
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| Government neglect |
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Government neglect. In Malaysia, the Bangladesh High Commission stopped giving travel permits to cheated Bangladeshi migrant workers without any valid reason. This led to the amassing of undocumented Bangladeshi workers in the country which makes them more vulnerable to abuse, violence and even death.
IMA_Research_Foundation.doc
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