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They say unions would be able to flag labour rights violations which migrants may not be aware of.
PETALING JAYA: Allowing Indonesian migrant workers to freely join unions in Malaysia will improve their welfare while working here, say migrant rights activists.
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The three workers were among the 55 who had filed a police report against their employer
KUALA LUMPUR – Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) has urged Human Resources Minister Steven Sim to investigate the case of three Bangladeshi workers who were arrested after filing reports with the police and (…)
There is no doubt that Malaysia continues to be the preferred country of destination for the hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas fleeing from the oppressive Myanmar military regime. It cannot be disputed that our nation can only do the best it can to provide support to those seeking refuge in our (…)
Indonesian migrant workers face an arduous fate amidst the pandemic. Some were not paid by their employers, fired, and were forced to seek side hustles in the middle of strict government restrictions. In commemorating the International Migrant Workers Day on December 18th, and working in tandem (…)
Two groups consisting of MPs and other elected officials have lambasted Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin over a planned joint operation to arrest undocumented migrants.
Set to be conducted by the Immigration Department, National Registration Department (NRD) and police during the two-week (…)
“What power do I have? This is not my country,” Karim (not his real name) said as he reflected on the years he has been working for a construction company in Malaysia.
The Bangladeshi, who arrived legally in Malaysia in 2008, said his working hours and days were never fixed.
For some (…)
As coronavirus infections surged in Malaysia this year, a wave of hate speech and misinformation aimed at Rohingya Muslim refugees from Myanmar began appearing on Facebook.
Alarmed rights groups reported the material to Facebook.
But six months later, many posts targeting the Rohingya in (…)
The human rights commissions of Malaysia and Indonesia want both countries to collaborate to improve the conditions in Malaysian temporary detention centres.
This comes after a coalition of Indonesian human rights groups produced a damning report detailing claims of “inhumane” treatment of (…)
Walking out of a condo in suburban Kuala Lumpur, it’s not uncommon to greet an Indonesian cleaner, Nepali security guards, a Bangladeshi at the 7-11 and a Myanmar restaurant worker at the coffee shop - before you meet your first Malaysian of the day.
The lives of foreign workers have become (…)
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) has called on Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) to immediately revoke its ban on refugees entering the Kuala Lumpur wholesale market.
PSM deputy chairperson Arutchelvan said the reported order is an act of “blatant racism and discrimination”.
“It goes against our (…)
PETALING JAYA: Human rights group Tenaganita has decried the government’s apparent reluctance to give refugees the right to work in the country.
Commenting on Human Resources Minister M Kula Segaran’s disclosure on Monday that Putrajaya had yet to decide on the question, Tenaganita programme (…)
The government must stop using undocumented migrant workers as an additional source of income, a rights group said today following the announcement of the Home Ministry’s latest amnesty programme.
Tenaganita executive director Glorene Das stressed that the government has an obligation to (…)
Once again the Home Ministry announces a “holistic plan to address illegal immigrants.” Instead if repeating repressive and anti-worker polices, Malaysia should respect worker rights and accept that the country has and will continue to have a significant foreign-born population.
Despite (…)
Parti Sosialis Malaysia (PSM) is deeply concerned over the arrest and repatriation of Praphan Pipithnamporn, a political dissident from Thailand, by the Malaysian Government. We condemn the Malaysian Government for behaving like an accomplice of the Thai military junta in suppressing dissents (…)
Collective statement of 40+ organisations | We are perturbed by the Human Resources Ministry’s proposal for employers to deduct 20 percent of their foreign workers’ basic salaries as a means to bond workers to their employers.
Minister M Kulasegaran said the proposal, among others, aimed at (…)
Malaysian firms supplying rubber gloves to health service worldwide allegedly exploit thousands of migrants
Britain’s National Health Service ( NHS ) is using medical gloves made in Malaysian factories where migrants are allegedly subjected to forced labour, forced overtime, debt bondage, (…)
LETTER | In response to the ongoing enforcement operations on undocumented migrant workers by the Immigration Department, we the migrant community and civil society organisations concerned with migrants’ rights are very concerned about the future of migrants in the country.
The directives in (…)
Legal work rights for refugees in Malaysia is a positive step forward but they must be offered adequate protections for the scheme to succeed long-term, Gerhard Hoffstaedter writes.
Several news outlets . The Malaysian government’s approach to the plight of the Rohingya has long been guided (…)
The environmental impact of palm oil is in the spotlight but the workers who endure exploitation in the name of our cakes and cosmetics are largely ignored.
The thick haze that has covered vast parts of south-east Asia in recent months has put the ecological impact of the palm oil industry (…)
It appears Malaysia will be given a free pass on human trafficking in order to protect the controversial trade deal.
When Congress finally passed fast-track trade authority last month, there was a major problem for President Obama and his trade negotiators: a provision of the bill forbid any (…)
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