{"id":13320,"date":"2020-03-11T07:27:13","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T07:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mekongmigration.org\/?page_id=13320"},"modified":"2020-09-01T14:54:02","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T06:54:02","slug":"impacts-of-migration-ban","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?page_id=13320","title":{"rendered":"Impacts of Migration Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13320\" class=\"elementor elementor-13320\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a4491c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a4491c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c57506 elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"0c57506\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c31bb66 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c31bb66\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-32b860b\" data-id=\"32b860b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3a5cf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b3a5cf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Impacts of Migration Ban on Myanmar Domestic Workers\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-fa6ba2c\" data-id=\"fa6ba2c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aa9597 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3aa9597\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2014, following widespread reports on the abuse of migrant domestic workers in Asia, the Myanmar government issued a ban on women from Myanmar migrating for domestic work to any location. In April 2019, the Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, Myanmar lifted the ban on domestic workers migrating to Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, and Macau. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.unwomen.org\/-\/media\/field%20office%20eseasia\/docs\/publications\/2018\/04\/mig-dw-research_english-r02x.pdf?la=en&amp;vs=1903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports<\/a> have demonstrated that such bans have been largely ineffective, and that migration has continued through underground and unregulated channels operated by unlicensed brokers or licensed agents acting illegally. <\/span> <span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mekongmigration.org\/?page_id=12790\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">between 30,000 and 40,000 Myanmar nationals were believed to have moved to work in Singapore as domestic workers<\/a>.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400;\">To read more detail on the impacts of the migration ban on Myanmar nationals travelling to Singapore as domestic workers, please click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/TWC2-The-Impact-of-Migration-Bans-on-Myanmar-Migrant-Domestic-Workers.docx.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> for an article prepared by Mr. John Gee from Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2), a migrant-support organisation in Singapore.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b2ee06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b2ee06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Suggested Citation<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33c885f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33c885f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>John Gee, &#8220;The Impact of Migration Bans on Myanmar Migrant Domestic Workers&#8221;,<em> Transient Workers Count Too,<\/em>\u00a02018.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Impacts of Migration Ban on Myanmar Domestic Workers In 2014, following widespread reports on the abuse of migrant domestic workers in Asia, the Myanmar government issued a ban on women from Myanmar migrating for domestic work to any location. 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