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A migrant is a person who moves from one place to another, typically in search of work, education, or better living conditions. Migrants can be either internal, meaning they move within their own country, or international, meaning they move to another country. Migrants often face challenges and hardships, such as language barriers, discrimination, and lack of access to services and support. However, many migrants are also able to improve their lives and opportunities through their efforts to relocate. The phenomenon of migration has existed throughout human history, and continues to be a significant and complex issue in many parts of the world.
On Sept. 12, a disturbing new report by the International Labour Organization (ILO), Walk Free and International Organization for Migration (IOM) revealed that the number of people in modern slavery has risen by approximately 10 million since 2016. Fifty million women, children and men are exploited through forms of slavery like forced labor and sex trafficking on any given…
Government inspectors have found cases of debt bondage among seasonal agricultural workers in the UK, MPs have heard. Margaret Beels, director of labour market enforcement at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis), told a committee of MPs she was “worried” that overseas recruitment had led to some seasonal workers being stuck…
Project Veritas released a report on Tuesday that featured a whistleblower that worked with the federal government’s Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE). The report features whistleblower Tara Lee Rodas, who volunteered to assist the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which aimed to help process unaccompanied migrant children….
The Chinese government and international labor laws have failed to protect Chinese laborers working in state-backed infrastructure projects overseas, according to a new report. Why it matters: Overseas workers can be caught in a no man’s land between China’s labor laws and those of host countries, putting thousands of workers at risk of exploitation….
Government inspectors have found cases of debt bondage among seasonal agricultural workers in the UK, MPs have heard. Margaret Beels, director of labour market enforcement at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Beis), told a committee of MPs she was “worried” that overseas recruitment had led to some seasonal workers being stuck in…
Spain’s government presented a new bill Tuesday with the goal of providing better protection for economically vulnerable migrants who are in the clutches of international human trafficking rings. The proposed legislation was designed to help victims of different types of trafficking, from sexual exploitation and forced labor to the illegal sale of human organs, involuntary…
Masud Rana of Tangail went to Iraq nine years ago after selling his land and borrowing from various NGOs, but he was tortured there, did not get a job and eventually returned home after nine months. He filed a case with the capital’s Airport police station against the people concerned including Nasir Uddin, owner of…
Hontiveros, citing the testimony of “Rita” one of the human trafficking victims who was lured to accept a job in Thailand but ended up forced to work and dupe people to cryptocurrency investment scams, about 31 Filipinos were still left behind in Myanmar. “They have a quota and if they couldn’t deliver, especially among the…
No fewer than 170 trafficked victims and returnee migrants have benefited from the free medical outreach organised by National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) in collaboration with International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD). Daily Trust reports that the free treatment under the Strengthening Niger-Nigeria Cooperation on Countering Traf-ficking in Human…
One of the most anticipated events in this season’s sporting calendar, the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar, kicked off this month with great fanfare. This time, the onset of the games has been clouded by controversies surrounding the host nation’s human rights track record, with regard to its treatment of migrant workers as well…
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