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Dozens of migrant workers were arrested by the Malaysian police on Wednesday, a day after the Myanmar government urged Malaysia to investigate recent attacks made on its citizens working in the country.

International migration has many forms and aspects, and trends change historically. For Pakistan, out-migration is today important, since overseas Pakistanis send home sizeable amounts of money. But not all aspects of migration are beneficial to the various sending and receiving countries.

MANILA, Philippines - Filipino workers have remained popular among foreign employers.

SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union, June 6 (PIA) -- The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration in the Ilocos region had an annual Learning Support Activity (LSA) program with learning assistance activities for families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).

Jun 05, Colombo: Sri Lanka Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion Dilan Perera says that around 14,000 Sri Lankans have registered so far at the Sri Lankan Embassy in Saudi Arabia to leave that country or to legalize their status during a grace period provided for the illegally staying foreigners.

At least 39 distressed Filipino workers were repatriated from two countries in the Middle East — Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

The Land Bank of the Philippines (Landbank), as part of its P1 billion credit facility for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), has approved P508.8 million in loans to OFWs who plan on setting up businesses.