By Teh Athira Yusof, Aliza Shah Straits Times | 29 July 2018 ENFORCEMENT agencies that vowed to rid the country of all illegal immigrants must recognise the actual number out there to address this problem once and for all, said those in direct contact with labour-intensive economic sectors. The number, they said, was far more […]
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Providing a breath of relief for Nepal migrant workers to Malaysia, the Nepal Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security (MoLESS) is now granting workers permission to fly to Malaysia lifting the existing ban! According to a statement issued by MoLESS, migrant workers who received visas before May 16, 2018 can proceed to their work
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Ramu Sapkota in Kathmandu with Alyaa Alhadjri in Kuala Lumpur Nepali Times | 20 July 2018 A deeply-rooted nexus of politicians, businessmen and bureaucrats in Nepal and Malaysia have looted more than Rs5 billion over the past five years from vulnerable Nepali migrant workers desperate to seek work in Malaysia. Nepal’s Labour Minister Gokarna Bista
Today Online |23 July, 2018 KUALA LUMPUR – Rubber trees untapped, oil palm fruits left to rot and silent construction sites. These are the early consequences of the new Malaysian government’s aggressive crackdown on undocumented migrant workers that have left businesses reeling. The crackdown on illegal foreign workers is one of the few policies from
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The Star Online | 22 june 2018 PETALING JAYA: Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran (pic) said the Government has suspended the system currently in place for the recruitment of migrant workers from Bangladesh. “This suspension will last until a full investigation has been completed into allegations that a syndicate was operating it as a human
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Bye Elan Perumal The Star Online | 22 June 2018 EXCLUSIVE:PETALING JAYA: A human trafficking syndicate, spearheaded by a Bangladeshi businessman with alleged political connections with the Home Ministry, raked in at least RM2bil in just two years from Bangladeshi workers looking to land jobs in Malaysia. An investigation revealed that the workers paid RM20,000
By Nurul Azwa Aris Free Malaysia Today | 8 June 2018 PETALING JAYA: The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) said today there is need for a comprehensive policy on foreign workers based on the country’s economic ambitions. FMM vice-president Nathan Suppiah also said foreign worker management must come under the human resources ministry and not
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By Pete Pattisson The Guardian 9 May 2017 Labour rights groups have cast doubt on the impact and scope of proposals by Panasonic and Samsung to address the alleged abuse of foreign migrants in their supply chains in Malaysia. Last November, a Guardian investigation highlighted claims that workers making goods for the global electronics brands
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