by nsiadmin | Aug 19, 2025 | Health/Abuse, Housing/Hostels, Rights/Protections, Wages, Year 2025
According to estimates, there are around 4-6 million migrant workers in Malaysia, both documented and undocumented combined. There are also approximately 300 000 – 400 000 refugees in the country. They have limited labour rights and protections and hence are...
by nsiadmin | Jul 16, 2025 | Health/Abuse, Migrant Initiatives, Year 2025
With the US government shutting it’s doors on “unconditional foreign aid”, Southeast Asian countries are bearing the brunt, facing a crisis of slashed healthcare budgets and stalled healthcare...
by nsiadmin | Jun 27, 2025 | Government/Policy/Enforcement, Health/Abuse, Housing/Hostels, Year 2025
Frustration over unauthorised fee collection at a migrant workers’ hostel in Bukit Mertajam boiled over into a riot on June 20, with dozens of workers arrested after a company van was vandalised outside the...
by nsiadmin | Apr 12, 2023 | Government/Policy/Enforcement, Health/Abuse, Housing/Hostels, Rights/Protections, Year 2023
On the 10th of April, 226 workers from Bangladesh and Nepal were rescued from horrible living conditions at a transit home in Negeri...
by nsiadmin | Mar 23, 2023 | Domestic Workers, Health/Abuse, Rights/Protections, Wages, Year 2023
Migrant rights groups questioned the government’s commitment to end exploitation of domestic workers after the latest bilateral agreement signed with Cambodia made no mention of a minimum...
by nsiadmin | Aug 4, 2022 | Year 2022, Health/Abuse, Migrant Initiatives, Rights/Protections
Migrants and refugees in the country need to be provided with awareness programmes and better social protection, say non-governmental groups in the wake of the case of a Myanmar father who threw his children off the...
