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?
Malaysiakini.com
M Jegathesan
Feb 28, 05 10:07am
Hundreds of Southeast Asian migrants gathered outside the UN office in Malaysia
today hoping to win temporary refugee status ahead of a crackdown on illegal
immigrants while thousands of others went into hiding, officials said.
The Star
BY SIM LEOI LEOI
Friday February 25, 2005
PUTRAJAYA: Illegal foreign workers choosing to return to Malaysia can pay visa
fees and levies a month after entering the country.
Malaysiakini.com
Feb 23, 05 11:29am
UN refugee agency staff have been put on alert in Malaysia to protect refugee
and asylum seekers in case they are affected by an impending government crackdown
on illegal immigrants, the agency said on Tuesday.
The Star
Wednesday February 23, 2005
PENANG: Of the 400,000 workplaces registered with the Labour Department, only
624 have an in-house mechanism to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace,
department director-general Datuk Ismail Abdul Rahim said.
Malaysiakini.com
Feb 23, 05 8:35am
A high-level Philippine delegation has been dispatched to Malaysia to plead
for fair treatment of Filipino illegals amid an immigration crackdown by Kuala
Lumpur, the foreign office said today.
The Star
Tuesday February 22, 2005
KUALA LUMPUR: The 90 Indonesian illegal workers who claimed that a construction
company cheated them of their wages have denied the involvement of a sub-contractor.
Malaysiakini.com
Pauline Puah
Feb 21, 05 4:53pm
The 90 Indonesian migrant workers involved in a wage dispute with a local construction
company will be advised to return home for their own safety before the amnesty
for illegal migrant workers ends in March.
The Star
Sunday February 20, 2005
MUAR: The agriculture sector welcomes the initiative to bring in Pakistani
workers to meet manpower needs, said Agriculture and Agro-Based Industries Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
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