Migrant workers’ centre to expand scope
Centre was established mainly to ensure welfare, protection of migrant workers
Men, fleeing a military offensive in South Waziristan, line up while waiting for their turn to collect handouts at a distribution point for IDPs in Dera Ismail Khan. PHOTO: REUTERS
ISLAMABAD:
The country’s first-ever Migrant Resource Centre (MRC), after running a successful pilot project in the federal capital, will expand its offices to Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh under a four-year project. The centre was established by the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development with the support of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and International Centre for Migration Policy Development in October 2015. The centre was established mainly to ensure the welfare and protection of migrant workers by providing them accurate and timely information about safe and legal migration.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 17th, 2017.
The country’s first-ever Migrant Resource Centre (MRC), after running a successful pilot project in the federal capital, will expand its offices to Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Sindh under a four-year project. The centre was established by the Ministry of Overseas Pakistanis and Human Resource Development with the support of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and International Centre for Migration Policy Development in October 2015. The centre was established mainly to ensure the welfare and protection of migrant workers by providing them accurate and timely information about safe and legal migration.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 17th, 2017.