MANILA: Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) Officer-In Charge Hans Leo J. Cacdac said further discussions will be held with the Department of Foreign Affairs regarding the registration exercise of stateless Filipinos in Sabah.

PETALING JAYA: Dhaka is set to introduce new legislation that will legalise sub-agents in the overseas employment recruitment sector by the end of 2024, a Bangladeshi MP said.

ALOR SETAR: A 53-year-old United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cardholder is suspected to be the mastermind behind the supply of illegal foreign workers to areas in the north of the peninsula.

Kuala Lumpur: The Industrial Court has advised employers to treat their foreign workers with dignity, adding that physical violence and aggression at the workplace should never be tolerated.

PUTRAJAYA: The Cabinet has decided to maintain the current freeze on quota applications and approvals to hire migrant workers, says home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

PETALING JAYA: An activist has welcomed the suggestion for a royal commission of inquiry (RCI) into the migrant workers management system and forced labour problem, saying it would “name and shame” those responsible for migrant worker abuses.

PETALING JAYA: The mistreatment and demeaning of migrant workers is against the principles of Islamic teachings, says a former Umno information chief.

PUTRAJAYA: The home ministry and human resources ministry intend to examine new regulations and improve existing legislation to address the issue of foreign workers being exploited after legally entering the country.

PETALING JAYA: Home minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said he and human resources minister Steven Sim will meet on Jan 16 to discuss the status of the freeze on the hiring of foreign workers.

KAJANG: Rahman (not his real name) could only cry as he listened to his mother asking him to send money back to his family in Bangladesh so they could buy food.