by nsiadmin | Feb 13, 2021 | Health/Abuse, Housing/Hostels, Year 2021
IN Southeast Asia, migrant workers at the bottom rungs of society have borne the brunt of Covid-19. https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2021/01/660033/migrant-workers-poor-living-conditions-fuel-southeast-asias-covid-19
by nsiadmin | Feb 13, 2021 | Government/Policy/Enforcement, Health/Abuse, Rights/Protections, Year 2021
Putrajaya has been urged to demonstrate consistency in its stance on undocumented migrants if it wants to convince them to come forward for free Covid-19...
by nsiadmin | Jan 21, 2021 | Year 2021, Detention Center, Government/Policy/Enforcement, Raids, Refugees/AsylumSeekers
Two activists have called for government policies that will enable refugees and migrants to maintain their welfare under the state of emergency and the movement control order...
by nsiadmin | Jan 10, 2021 | Year 2021, Government/Policy/Enforcement
An online post by Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz, where he touted the country’s foreign direct investments (FDI), resulted in backlash when the European-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce (Eurocham Malaysia) chief executive officer chided the finance minister for not...
by nsiadmin | Jan 9, 2021 | Year 2021, Access to Justice, Supply Chains
Malaysia is drawing up dozens of charges against a rubber glove maker supplying the U.S. and other countries after labor inspectors found the firm’s migrant workers living in squalid, congested...