Migrant Workers Right To Redress Coalition

Gabungan:

North South Initiative

Kod Dasar:

2f2 Migrant

Pernyataan masalah:

1. Ad Hoc policy for migrant workers.

Malaysia does not have a comprehensive policy for migrant workers recruitment, employment, access to rights and access to justice. This has resulted in abuse and causing ian increase in undocumented workers, arbitrary deportation, arrest and detention among other issues. Work who experience labour violations have little or no access to redress. There is unbridled trafficking, forced labour and sexual and other forms of abuse. There are regular cases of abandonment, death and torture of migrant workers. The system does not permit redress. Migration comes under both the Home Ministry and Human Resources Ministry who not work together and ultimately Home ministry decides on deportation, arrest and detention. Where laws exist implement is poor and corruption abounds. International standards do not apply. Weaponization of migrants leads to exploitation and political funding. Health costs are exorbitant. These conditions exist throughout the work cycle of migrants

2. Managed by 2 different ministries whose policy can be conflicting
3. Insufficient laws for protecting MW rights and access to justice
4. Where laws exist, implementation is inadequate
5. Recruitment and management of MW fall far short of International HR standards
6. Discrimination and violence is common among MW
7. Weaponisation of migration as means to exploit MWs and for political funding.
8. Frequent arrests and detention under unacceptable standards of MW
9. Corrutonn and extortion present throughout the migrant workers work cycle.
10. Health care costs too high