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China's migrant population to reach 310 mln by 2030: Wang Pei'an

China will have a migrant population of 310 million by 2030, almost the same size as the population of the United States, according to statistics cited by Health News on Friday.

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To stabilize Libya is key to address migrant crisis, Italian experts say

​How to address the migrant crisis was at the center of Italian debate on Monday, a day after hundreds of people were feared to have drowned over the weekend while attempting the Mediterranean Sea crossing.

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Thai fishing industry urges gov't to speed up legalizing process for Myanmar migrant workers

The Thai government was on Monday urged to speed up the official process for the legalization of migrant workers hired by the fishing industry.

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Love and travel in the air on Valentine's Day

Train tickets for Valentine's Day – Feb 14 – are predicted to be the hardest-to-get based on statistics, according to Beijing-based Internet technology company Qihu 360.

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China enhances vocational training of migrant workers

As a migrant worker, Li Weichao spent much of his youth shifting from one temp job to another, living thousands of miles away from his family to perform backbreaking labor for minimal pay.

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Thai junta arrests 13 Cambodian workers for trial

The Thai authorities have arrested 13 Cambodian migrant workers who were accused of using fraudulent work documents as at least 232,000 Cambodian laborers have been deported from or fled Thailand in fears of a roundup on illegal migrant workers, Cambodian officials said Sunday.

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Cambodian migrants fleeing Thailand rise to 220,000: Cambodian official

The number of Cambodian migrant workers, who have been deported from or fled Thailand over fears of a junta-led clampdown on illegal foreign workers, rose to 220, 000 on Wednesday.

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Six Cambodian migrant workers killed, 13 injured in road accident in Thailand

At least six Cambodian migrant workers were killed and 13 others injured after a truck carrying them crashed into a tree in the Chachoengsao province of Thailand on Saturday night, Cambodian Foreign Ministry's spokesman Koy Kuong confirmed Sunday.

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Migrant worker killed chasing unpaid salary

Police in south China's Guangdong Province have detained four suspects and launched a pursuit for three others who were allegedly involved in attacking a group of unpaid migrant workers, killing one of them, earlier this month.

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Gov't campaign to ensure migrant workers' wages

The Chinese government on Monday launched a wages overhaul to ensure that millions of migrant workers from the country's rural regions get properly paid before they return home for a major traditional Chinese holiday.

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Social inequality goes along with China's economic boom: experts

China's spectacular economic growth has been accompanied by social contradictions as a result of the development of industrialization and urbanization, said Chinese economists in Hong Kong on June 3.

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Reform plans unveiled for migrants' education

China's Beijing and Shanghai cities and Guangdong Province on Sunday published plans to gradually allow migrant workers' children to enter senior high schools and sit college entrance exams locally.