Sri Lanka

Running in Circles: Progress and Challenges in Regulating Recruitment of Filipino and Sri Lankan Labor Migrants to Jordan

Date: 29/07/2011 - 08:41

Labor migration from the Philippines and Sri Lanka to Jordan has filled a growing share of unskilled and semi-skilled jobs in recent years, with private recruitment agencies playing an important role in facilitating and driving labor migration. But despite a comprehensive set of laws and guidelines to control migration systems in these countries, workers remain vulnerable to abuse and exploitation at the hands of recruitment agents.

Jordan: Abused Domestic Workers Stranded

Date: 08/04/2011 - 15:15

Jordan should immediately allow 24 Sri Lankan former domestic workers, many of whom were allegedly abused by their employers, to return home, Human Rights Watch said today. The workers have been stranded in Amman since January 2011, unable to pay government-imposed fines and threatened with eviction.

Prevent Abuses Against Migrant Domestic Workers

Date: 25/11/2010 - 08:49

To the Governments of Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka,

In the wake of recent cases of alleged abuse against Indonesian and Sri Lankan migrant domestic workers employed in Saudi Arabia, we write to urge your governments to ensure a timely and comprehensive response to these individual cases and to implement systemic reforms to prevent such abuses in the future.

Since August 2010, three cases of migrant domestic workers suffering extensive physical injuries, and in one case, death, have surfaced. These include:

Death sentence highlights risks migrant workers face

Date: 16/11/2010 - 11:30

COLOMBO, Nov 15, 2010 (IPS) - When a relative approached Mohamed Nafeek in 2005 to explore the possibility of sending his eldest daughter, Rizana, to the Middle East as a domestic worker, the family thought its luck had finally turned for the better.

Migration and the Gulf

Date: 11/03/2010 - 09:59

This collection of essays is the first of three volumes devoted to Migration and the Arab World. The 19 authors whose essays appear in this first volume address several salient questions: What are the sizes and characteristics of the non-national workforces of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries? Which “push” and “pull” factors have driven and continue to drive this phenomenon? What effects has labor migration had on the sending and receiving countries, and on the migrants themselves?

UN Committee on Migrant Workers concludes 11th session.

Date: 21/10/2009 - 09:34

CMW adopts concluding observations and recommendations on the initial report from Sri Lanka.

Committee on Migrant Workers to discuss report on Sri Lanka

Date: 15/10/2009 - 15:01

From 12 to 16 October 2009, the UN Committee on Migrant Workers will hold its 11th session in Geneva.

Migrant Services Centre

Date: 08/09/2009 - 10:44
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National Workers Congress/Migrants Services Centre

Date: 08/09/2009 - 10:44
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SEDEC - Caritas Sri Lanka - Social & Economic Development Centre

Date: 08/09/2009 - 10:42
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