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In Hong Kong, some job-hoppers are more equal than others

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Filipinos in Hong Kong were promised a new life in Poland. It never came

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These Filipinos paid thousands for a job in Poland. Now they feel cheated

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Migrasia Global Fellowship: Empowering Advocates for Change

The Program The Migrasia Global Fellowship Program offers a transformative opportunity for exceptional migrant domestic workers in Hong...

OFWs are harassed — Jessica got jail time — over loans they’re forced to make to get jobs abroad

https://pcij.org/article/10418/ofws-are-harassed-jessica-got-jail-time-over-loans-theyre-forced-to-make-to-get-jobs-abroad

Hong Kong cases expose shortcomings of gov’t interventions to protect OFWs from debt burden

https://pcij.org/article/10419/hong-kong-cases-expose-shortcomings-of-govt-interventions-to-protect-ofws-from-debt-burden

Philippine lenders and labor agents fleece workers seeking overseas jobs

https://www.icij.org/investigations/trafficking-inc/philippine-lenders-and-labor-agents-fleece-workers-seeking-overseas-jobs-interviews-a...

Philippine job agencies cheating women with illegal fees and crippling loans

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jun/27/philippine-job-agencies-cheating-women-with-fees-and-crippling-loans

Treatment of Kenyan domestic workers in Hong Kong in spotlight amid reports of trafficking

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/people/article/3190612/treatment-kenyan-domestic-workers-hong-kong-spotlight-amid-reports

Hong Kong’s domestic workers are everyday heroes. Don’t treat them like second-class citizens

https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3134211/hong-kongs-domestic-workers-are-everyday-heroes-dont-treat-them

Why is Hong Kong rewarding employment agencies when the industry is complicit in human trafficking?

https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3091711/why-hong-kong-rewarding-employment-agencies-when-industry-complicit?module=perpetual...

Why Hong Kong’s reputation as a human trafficking black spot is justified

https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/hong-kong/article/2162485/why-hong-kongs-reputation-human-trafficking-black

Hong Kong’s errant domestic helper agencies are everywhere and unafraid of the law

https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2138411/hong-kongs-errant-domestic-helper-agencies-are-everywhere