Thailand’s military government said it will delay enforcing new labour regulations after thousands of migrant workers fled home to neighbouring countries this week fearing arrest and heavy fines under the new decree. The scramble is the latest chaos triggered by Thailand’s efforts to regulate the millions of foreign workers who prop up its economy with … Read more
The Middle East forced labour bandits and the polemic of slavery conventions The recent countless images and voice messages which are making the rounds on the social media and purported to be from migrants (to be precise, migrant women in the Middle East), represent nothing, but sheer cruelty and degrading treatment or punishment. To be … Read more
By: Rita Ako Williams, Executive Board Chairperson, Excella Consult, LLC For some time now, some employers of domestic workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Oman) commonly called the ‘Gulf States’ have been in the news for allegedly abusing and maltreating domestic workers. With more than 90 … Read more
A GNA Feature by Patience A. Gbeze Accra, Dec. 30, GNA – Human trafficking and slavery has become an international problem affecting millions of people and a number of countries across the globe, particularly in Africa. In Ghana, the canker is one of the biggest challenges facing the country at both national and transnational levels. … Read more
Human trafficking and slavery is an international concern affecting millions of people across the globe. For Ghana, there have been numerous incidents of trafficking and abuse both internally and externally and the canker is one of the biggest challenges facing the country at the national and transnational levels. Ghanaian migrants, particularly women and young girls, … Read more
The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has raised concern about increasing reports of Ghanaian female migrants being abused in the Middle East. The organisation says 2,000 women departed from Ghana to work in the Middle East between September 2014 and January 2015 alone but over 350 of them have returned from countries like Kuwait and … Read more