Head of the Kuwaiti parliamentary delegation to the international conference on principles of friendship and cooperation in Asia MP Saleh Ashour said, during the meeting for the special committee on foreign laborers’ rights, that the increasing numbers of foreign laborers in hosting countries has led to negative outcomes such as human trafficking and maltreatment.
As for Kuwait, Ashour said, the GCC country had signed an international convention that regulates the relationship between employers and employees.
He revealed that in February of 2010, Kuwait issued a new law that ensured the rights of foreign laborers.
Ashour called for national campaigns in Asian countries to ensure the rights of laborers, local or foreign, stressing that it was important to commit to principles announced by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in regards to the protection of foreign laborers rights.
The current conference in Solo, which kicked off Sept 27 and will last till Sept 29, is held on a proposal by the Executive Committee of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA).
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