Migrant Workers and Xenophobia in the Middle East

2005 ◽  
pp. 48-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray Jureidini
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Migrant Workers

Reducing Vulnerability to Forced Labor and Trafficking of Short-Term, Low-Skilled Women Migrant Workers in the South Asia to Middle East Corridor

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hagar ElDidi ◽  
Chloe van Biljon ◽  
Muzna Fatima Alvi ◽  
Claudia Ringler ◽  
Nazmun Ratna ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Forced Labor ◽  
The South ◽  
Short Term

ANALISIS KEBIJAKAN PEMERINTAH INDONESIA ATAS MORATORIUM TENAGA KERJA INDONESIA KE TIMUR TENGAH PADA TAHUN 2015

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Dhiu ◽  
Ardli Johan Kusuma
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Foreign Exchange ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
National Interest ◽  
The State ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Indonesian Government ◽  
East Region ◽  
The Government ◽  
Middle East Region

ABSTRACTThe Existance of Indonesian Workers in the Middle East, is very beneficial in terms of foreign exchange earnings. Despite the high rate of remittances generated, the Indonesian government must also implement a moratorium on migrant workers sending policies to the Middle East in 2015, which is feared that this could cause a reduction in the amount of remittances, secifically for the Middle East region. Here, the writer will discuss in dept why the government should carry out the moratorium policy of migrant workers to the Middle East in 2015, while the gorvernment  also know that the existance of the overseas migrant workers woud benefit economically. The writer see that, as the main actor, the state is obliged to provide protection for all its citizens whwrever they are.Keywords: Indonesia Workers, Moratorium, National Interest, Protecting Citizens. ABSTRAKKeberadaan Tenaga Kerja Indonesia di Timur Tengah, sangatlah menguntungkan dalam hal pendapatan devisa. Dibalik tingginya angka remitansi yang dihasilkan, namun pemerintah Indonesia juga harus menerapkan kebijakan moratorium pengiriman TKI ke Timur Tengah Tahun 2015, yang mana kebijakan tersebut dikhawatirkan dapat menyebabkan penurunan jumlah remitansi, secara khusus untuk kawasan Timur Tengah. Di sini, penulis akan membahas secara mendalam mengapa pemerintah harus melakukan kebijakan moratorius TKI ke Timur tengah Tahun 2015, sedangkan pemerintah juga tahu bahwa keberadaan TKI luar negeri tentu memberi keuntungan secara ekonomi. Penulis menggunakan sudut pandang realisme, dengan memakai teori kepentingan nasional, sehingga akan dibahas secara  mendalam terkait permasalahan yang ada. Dalam penelitian tersebut, penulis melihat bahwa, sebagai aktor utama, negara wajib memberikan perlindungan bagi seluruh warga negaranya di mana pun berada.Kata Kunci: Tenaga Kerja Indonesia, Moratorium, Kepentingan Nasional, Melindungi Warga Negara.

Philippine Migrant Workers' Transnationalism in the Middle East

2011 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-61
Author(s):  
Robyn Magalit Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Labor Rights ◽  
Neoliberal Globalization ◽  
Labor Activism ◽  
Labor Activists ◽  
International Conventions

AbstractHow do migrants assert their rights as workers when they do not enjoy the rights of citizenship in their countries of employment and are unable to assert their human rights through international conventions? This article focuses on the work of Migrante-International's Middle East chapter in Saudi Arabia. Specifically, it examines the ways Philippine migrants strategically assert their rights as Philippine citizens transnationally in local labor struggles. This case study of transnational labor activism in a region where migrant workers enjoy limited rights not only highlights how migrants exercise their agency in spite of major obstacles, but it also offers up novel ways to think about worker organizing within the context of contemporary neoliberal globalization for labor activists and scholars concerned with the labor rights of migrants.

Strong ties, weak ties: Exploring the role of networks in domestic worker migration from Ethiopia to the Middle East

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katie Kuschminder
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Weak Ties ◽  
Strong Ties ◽  
Domestic Worker ◽  
Good Case

This article explores how migrating via a strong or weak tie results in different outcomes for Ethiopian domestic workers in their migration to the Middle East. Few studies have examined this question. Ethiopian domestic workers are a good case for this analysis as networks are critical for providing information and support for live-in domestic workers in the Middle East. Migrating via a strong tie was expected to result in better migration outcomes. The results, however, suggested that migrating via a strong tie can provide support in some cases, but is not enough to guarantee protection to Ethiopian migrant workers in the Middle East.

scholarly journals PENCEGAHAN TKI KEMBALI KE LUAR NEGERI MELALUI PELATIHAN UNTUK DAPAT BERWIRAUSAHA

Sarwahita ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39
Author(s):  
Dede Rahmat Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Community Service ◽  
Informal Sector ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Formal Sector ◽  
Entrepreneurship Training ◽  
Business Skills ◽  
Informal Labor ◽  
Middle East Countries

Indonesia is one of the largest suppliers of informal labor in developed countries in ASEAN, Hongkong, Korea, Japan and Middle East Countries. Unlike the formal workforce that has good protection and income certainty. Workers in the non-formal sector still have vulnerabilities to get problems so there are efforts to reduce and prevent more Indonesians from becoming workers in the informal sector. One strategy is to increase the potential of migrant workers not to go abroad and to prevent ex-migrant workers from returning abroad.How to prevent good is to train the former migrant workers by sharing skills so that they can develop their business independently. The training developed is to train entrepreneurial character and practice business skills. Community service is expected to help the program. Community service activities for former migrant workers are conducted in the form of entrepreneurship training. In this activity the participants are former TKI in Sukabumi which amounted to 20 people, conducted in Cibolang Village Gunung Guruh District.

scholarly journals The Middle East and COVID-19: time for collective action

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Fawcett
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Collective Action ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Regional Governance ◽  
World Health ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
The Impact

AbstractRevised: Nov 6 2021The shortfalls of multilateral and regional organizations in respect of handling the COVID-19 pandemic have been well rehearsed by scholars and policy makers in multiple publications and statements. While the World Health Organization (WHO) and its regional offices have coordinated global responses, regional organizations, like the European Union, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or African Union, have played complementary roles. However, the response of different regions has varied, revealing multiple deficits in the structures of regional governance. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is a region affected by chronic ongoing conflicts and serious inequalities in health and welfare provision, reflected in the absence of concerted responses to the pandemic. Its young population has meant lower comparative mortality rates, but the socio-economic spill-over effects are grave in terms of interrupted education, high unemployment, particularly in respect to vulnerable communities like refugees and migrant workers. With the current situation remaining critical, this paper reviews the impact of COVID-19 on MENA and considers the variable performance of states and institutions to the pandemic, highlighting the shortfalls, but also opportunities for collective action. Drawing on data from the WHO, United Nations (UN), regional organizations, media and secondary sources, it first discusses the wider global-regional context; second, reviews the actions of regional bodies, like the League of Arab States, Gulf Cooperation Council and the cross-regional Organization of Islamic Cooperation; and third, looks at some country-specific situations where both evidence of good practice and the absence of appropriate regional level provision have exposed deep regional divides. It concludes with a call for more collaboration between states and international organizations: better regional coordination is urgently needed to supplement existing multilateral efforts. A collective local response to the COVID-19 pandemic could help transcend regional divides and spur much-needed security cooperation in other areas.

scholarly journals Impact of Workers' Remittances from the Middle East on Pakistan's Economy: Some Selected Issues

1986 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 757-785 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rashid Amjad
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
North Africa ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Economic Activity ◽  
Return Migration ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Balance Of Payments ◽  
Domestic Economy ◽  
Contract Workers ◽  
Slowing Down

Over the last decade, the phenomenon of overseas migration from Pakistan to the countries of the Middle East and North Africa has had a far reaching impact on the domestic economy. Indeed, no factor has more dramatically affected the domestic employment situation and the balance-of-payments position as the outflow of contract workers and inflow of workers' remittances from those countries. According to the Sixth Plan, as much as one-third of the increase in the labour force during the years 1978-83, i.e. the Fifth Plan period, was absorbed by migration to the Middle East [14, p. 499]. At its peak in 1982-83, official flow of remittances from the Middle-East was equivalent to 70 percent of the country's total exports of goods and non-factor services (Table 1). More recently, the slowing down in economic activity in the major labour-receiving countries together with increased competition from other labour-exporting countries has led to a decline in the outflow of migrant workers, and, with the quickening pace of return migration, there is a decline in the stock of Pakistani workers in these countries

scholarly journals Support networks in the Middle East & Malaysia: A qualitative study of Nepali returnee migrants' experiences

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pratik Adhikary ◽  
E. Teijlingen
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Social Capital Theory ◽  
Support Networks ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Capital Theory ◽  
East Malaysia ◽  
Depth Interviews

Background: There is growing research on Nepali migrant workers, especially on living conditions and occupational health and safety abroad. However, few studied support networks for migrant labourers. Objective of this study is to explore social support and support networks among Nepali migrant workers in the Middle East and Malaysia. Methodology: Study among Nepali men working in the Middle East and Malaysia. Twenty in-depth interviews were conducted and the interviewees were mixed in terms of age, marital status, education, ethnic background and length of stay. Qualitative data were analysed thematically. Results: The participants found that having (pre-)existing circles of friends in the host countries makes migration easier to migrate, and made their lives easier when establishing themselves abroad. Conclusion: The assimilation of migrant workers appears to be easier among those who have existing networks in their place of migration. Social Capital Theory helps explain the importance of these networks.

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