The Expat Protection Centre at the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) conducted a training workshop for hotline frontliners. The workshop, held at EPC, focused on equipping personnel operating both the LMRA’s hotline (995) and the Ministry of Interior’s hotline (555) with the skills and capacity needed to identify and support victims of trafficking.
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LMRA CEO Receives the Ambassador of the Philippines to the Kingdom
H.E. Mr. Nibras Talib, CEO of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority and Chairman of the National Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons, received at his office H.E. Ms. Anne Jalando-On Louis, Ambassador of the Republic of the Philippines to the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Continue readingUS Congress Staff Delegation Briefed on Bahrain’s Efforts to Enhance the Work Environment
The Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) received a delegation from the US Congress staff, in the presence of representatives from Ministry of Foreign Affairs at LMRA’s Expat Protection Centre (EPC).
Continue readingLMRA Receives UAE National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking
Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) received a delegation from the United Arab Emirates’ National Committee to Combat Human Trafficking led by Abdulrahman Murad Albalooshi, Deputy Chairman of UAE National Committee in presence of LMRA officials at LMRA’s Expat Protection Centre in Sehla. Continue reading
Philippines Delegation Visits LMRA’s Expat Protection Centre
Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) received a delegation from the Republic of the Philippines to learn about the Kingdom of Bahrain’s pioneering experiencing in providing the preventative and protection services to workers, and efforts to combat trafficking in persons, in the presence of LMRA officials. Continue reading
US Congress Delegation Visit LMRA’s EPC
A US congress delegation has visited the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) Expat Protection Center (EPC), to learn about its role, work mechanism and facilities as the first comprehensive center to accommodate victims or potential victims of trafficking. It also provides technical and advisory services to expatriate workers. Continue reading
The Philippine Embassy dispense with self-accommodation and relies on Expat Protection Centre
Expanding on the growing ties between the Kingdom of Bahrain and the Republic of the Philippines, the LMRA has stressed that it is committed to providing services to ensure the welfare of Filipino workers in the Kingdom of Bahrain. Continue reading
National Referral Mechanism goes digital
Bahrain’s counter-trafficking efforts continue to make massive leaps both regionally and globally as its National Referral Mechanism (NRM) goes digital.The NRM is a multi-layered process that acts as a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to manage the cases of victims experiencing exploitative abuse of any kind, Continue reading
HM King hails national efforts to combat human trafficking
His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today at the Safriya Palace received Foreign Affairs Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, CEO of Labour Market Regulatory Authority, Chairman of the National Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Ausama bin Abdullah Al Absi, and members of the committee. Continue reading
US support for Bahraini efforts to combat trafficking in persons
CEO of Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA), Chairman of the National Committee to Combat Trafficking in Persons (NCCTP), Osama bin Abdulla Al Absi, today received USA Ambassador to Bahrain, Continue reading