The result is a regionwide scramble to attract talent, with countries adjusting their immigration and labor policies to gain a competitive edge. Japan has overhauled its system by replacing the ...

Migrant fishermen working aboard Taiwanese distant-water vessels continue to suffer exploitation and violence despite years of promised reforms, a new CNN investigation has found ...

Abuses most commonly took place in the UK (45 cases). This was followed by Saudi Arabia (41), Taiwan (38) and the USA (37).

Taiwan's Fisheries Agency says it is committed to protecting the rights of migrant fishers, in response to a CNN report on abuses on Taiwanese distant-water fishing boats.

Silwanus Tangkotta was working aboard a Taiwanese fishing boat in the remote Pacific last year, when a heavy wave slammed a ...

Working abroad for some Indonesians is currently a realistic option, amid the difficulty of finding a job in the country, and ...

The Philippine government has significantly enhanced its legal assistance programs for Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) over the past year ...

The island’s population of undocumented migrants has doubled since 2021 amid concerns about rigid broker system.

Non-profit media outlet Rest of World interviewed Filipino migrant workers, whose food, clothing, shelter and even employment are controlled by brokers, and the reality of Taiwan's semiconductor ...

In February 2024, Transparentem alerted over 40 companies about evidence of severe labor abuses affecting migrant workers at nine Taiwanese textile suppliers potentially connected to their supply ...

Amnesty International has said migrant workers in Canada have been exposed to “shocking abuse and discrimination” while working under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).