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 Daily Star
Staff Correspondent
Friday, September 28
The 11 cheated job seekers staying at Zia International Airport (ZIA) since their arrival from Malaysia on September 25 finally left for their homes yesterday upon receiving partial payments from their recruiting agency and the government assurance of payment of the balance money they had paid to the agency.
The Star
Friday September 28, 2007
PUTRAJAYA: An outsourcing company faces having its licence yanked after it was found to have abused the permits belonging to foreign workers it brought into the country.
Malaysia Does Not Need Another Sectarian
Organisation!
Written by Farish A. Noor
Friday, 28 September 2007
Sectarianism, be it on the grounds of race, culture, language or religion,
can only be divisive in the long run. The sad litany of human history shows
that religion can and has been used as a dividing factor that has torn many
a society apart, and this is true of all religions and belief systems worldwide.
One only needs to look at the process of Balkanisation that took place in Eastern
Europe to see how Religion has been instrumentalised and manipulated by sectarian
politicians to amplify the centrifugal forces of a plural society like Bosnia’s,
and how that eventually led to all-out civil conflict along religion and cultural
lines.
Refuse to leave airport without receiving refunds
The Daily Star
Staff Correspondent
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Eleven Bangladeshi workers who went to Malaysia in April for job but faced
extreme suffering returned to Dhaka by a flight of Bangladesh Biman Airlines
on Tuesday night.
By Baradan Kuppusamy
KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 27 (IPS) – As thousands of migrant workers from Bangladesh stranded at the international airport here await deportation questions are being asked about Malaysia’s migrant worker policies and the dubious role of employment agencies.
Malaysiakini
Sep 25, 07 1:44pm
Rights group Tenaganita said the authorities have no one but themselves to blame for the presence of thousands of migrant workers, currently stranded at the KL International Airport car park.
SPEAK UP! ::
theSun Says
01:55PM Mon, 24 Sep 2007
The promise of a better life in a foreign land is a powerful pull factor that gives people hope of escape from poverty, disadvantage, persecution, disasters, strife or the like. It is a reflection of the times that today, a record number – over 190 million people worldwide, according to the United Nations – are working and living abroad. Malaysia plays host to some 2.5 million of them, by official count. Of these, an estimated 700,000 are undocumented, although organisations working on migrant issues say that this is a conservative count.
Bernama
September 21, 2007 22:23 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 (Bernama) — Clinic assistants, security guards and casual farm workers can look forward to a minimum wage and better perks if recommendations for higher remuneration are accepted by stakeholders.
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