Airline to cut fares to bring Myanmar citizens home
Myanmar’s national airline will halve ticket prices for workers who want to return from Malaysia where they face growing violence, it said today. Myanmar Airlines International’s marketing manager Aye Mra Thar said the discount will run from June 12 to July 12, and be available only to citizens working in Malaysia.

Protest by Indonesian Migrants in Jeddah
Rioting Indonesian expatriates set fire to a part of their consulate in Jeddah's Rehab district on Sunday in an attempt to force their way in, officials said. Eyewitnesses said the rioters, who were among thousands of Indonesian expatriates seeking to correct their status as illegal foreign workers, were apparently frustrated by the long wait to get their cases resolved.

Indonesian migrant worker endured years of abuse
Indonesian domestic helper Rosnani Matsuni holds traumatic memories from her years working abroad, claiming she was beaten, threatened with her life and "treated like an animal" by her employers. Having worked for most of the past decade in and around Saudi Arabia, she identifies with the case of

Hong Kong calls on Bangladesh to fill domestic helper shortage
Hong Kong is facing a shortage of foreign domestic helpers from the region STORY HIGHLIGHTS. Hong Kong faces a shortage of domestic helpers, a vital part of its economy Indonesia has said it aims to curb its low-paid foreign work pool by 2017 Hong Kong plans to import more domestic helpers from Bangladesh

Over 200 Migrant Workers Dead
KOREA 10 March, 2008: A total of 217 foreign workers have died here over the last three years with about half of their deaths attributed to heart attacks and other sudden causes.

Migrant Worker
EMPOWER: To empower migrants, their families and communities throughout the migration process and build capacities of community based organisations (CBOs) and non-governmental organisations EMPOWER: To empower migrants, their families and communities throughout the












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Airline to cut fares to bring Myanmar citizens homeMyanmar’s national airline will halve ticket prices for workers who want to return from Malaysia where they face growing violence, it said today.
Protest by Indonesian Migrants in JeddahROB L.
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