Malaysia is one of Asia's biggest employers of foreign labour. But recently, cases of deaths, abuse and forced labour have come to light. What is going on? Who is protecting these migrant workers?
The team is to arrive on March 7 and will meet with Philippine labour officials
to discuss "ways of facilitating the repatriation of illegal Filipino migrants
in Malaysia".
<p>The visit comes after a Philippine team visited Malaysia to check on its controversial
operation to round up, whip and deport hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants.</p>
<p>During that visit the Philippine delegation was able to negotiate a deal allowing
deported Filipinos to be given another chance to work in Malaysia, especially
those who voluntarily surrendered.</p>
<p>"In this light, we appreciate the Malaysian mission as a reciprocal effort
on the part of its government, and as our first concrete effort on the bilateral
sphere towards effectively solving illegal migration," Deputy Labor Secretary
Manuel Imson was quoted by an official statement as saying.</p>
<p>About a million the illegal workers, mostly from Indonesia, the Philippines,
Burma, Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka, are in Malaysia, according to official
estimates.</p>
<p>Some 382,000 took advantage of the amnesty which started in October to depart
without penalty but an estimated 400,000 illegal immigrants remain. – AFP
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