Maid recruits routinely deceived, report finds
Job recruitment agencies that send workers overseas often deceive young women through misleading job advertisements by using brokers that have “a position of authority” within the community, according to a new report by the Asia Foundation. According to the report, agencies also inflate migration costs that recruits have to pay back, pushing workers deep into debt bondage… In recent months, there have been numerous reports in Cambodia of recruits being abused, ranging from forced detention in training centers to severe exploitation and physical abuse by Malaysian employers. The report… said recruitment agencies have resorted to a range of exploitative recruitment techniques due to “little or no effective regulation” by the Ministry of Labour…
