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Academia 3 months ago
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The quiet injustice in migrant women’s financial lives
The migrant worker ecosystem needs to innovate from the current focus on remittance flows toward an integrated design that aims for empowerment toward financial inclusion and long-term financial health as the ultimate outcome.
Europe 3 months ago
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Five Indonesians under medical watch for Leprosy in Romania
Five Indonesian migrant workers, including two who have tested positive for leprosy, are currently under observation by Romanian health authorities, the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta said on Monday, adding that its representatives are coordinating with local authorities to manage Europe’s first reported leprosy cases in four decades.
Asia & Pacific 4 months ago
Hong Kong blaze spotlights enduring role of city's foreign domestic helpers
Among people who died in the Wang Fuk Court housing complex fire are some of the city's 368,000 foreign domestic helpers, mostly women contracted from low-income Asian countries like the Philippines and Indonesia, who live with their employers, often in cramped spaces.
Asia & Pacific 4 months ago
Hong Kong mourns victims of blaze that killed at least 128
The fire started on Wednesday afternoon and rapidly engulfed seven of the eight 32-storey blocks at the complex, which were wrapped in bamboo scaffolding and green mesh and layered with foam insulation for the renovations.
Asia & Pacific 4 months ago
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Two Indonesians among dead in fatal Hong Kong blaze
At least two other Indonesians have been identified among the hundreds of people injured in the fire that engulfed the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in Tai Po district, Hong Kong, one of whom has been discharged from the hospital, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry.
Asia & Pacific 4 months ago
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300 Indonesians return home as Malaysia steps up deportation
Three hundred Indonesians previously detained in Malaysia’s immigration depots in Johor Bahru have been returned home, the Foreign Ministry in Jakarta has announced, calling on people to comply with local regulations as arrests of Indonesians in the neighboring country continue.
Archipelago 4 months ago
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Riau Police foil attempt to smuggle undocumented workers to Malaysia
Both Indonesian and Malaysian authorities have been intensifying crackdowns on these undocumented workers. Between January and October, Malaysia deported 4,882 Indonesians, most of whom were undocumented migrant workers.
Archipelago 4 months ago
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106 Indonesians detained in Cambodia during online scam raid
According to local media reports, authorities carried out the raid on Friday in an 11-storey building in Phnom Penh’s Tuol Kork district after receiving reports that many Indonesians were being confined inside and were prevented from leaving the premises.
