by nsiadmin | Feb 3, 2022 | Year 2022, Government/Policy/Enforcement, Health/Abuse
A top police official has suggested that undocumented migrants who repeatedly enter the country illegally should be whipped. We discuss why this is not the way to treat undocumented migrants....
by nsiadmin | Oct 29, 2021 | Year 2021, Health/Abuse, Rights/Protections, Trade Unions
There is an urgent need to improve awareness about occupational safety and health among the millions of migrant workers in the country, a unionist said....
by nsiadmin | Sep 20, 2021 | Year 2021, Government/Policy/Enforcement, Health/Abuse
We’re nearly two years into the Covid-19 pandemic now and we’ve seen many things unfold. One of which is how challenging it has been to manage the vaccination process for non-citizen communities. ...
by nsiadmin | Jun 1, 2021 | Government/Policy/Enforcement, Health/Abuse, Migrant Initiatives, Racism/Xenophobia, Year 2021
Contradicting statements from ministries will deter migrant workers from coming forward for vaccinations under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK), said the Human Rights Commission of...
by nsiadmin | Apr 29, 2021 | Year 2021, Government/Policy/Enforcement, Health/Abuse, Rights/Protections
Migrant workers amidst the pandemic in the Global South have gone through the same experience as those who are displaced. The health crisis has brought the plight of migrant workers to another level, in what it is considered here as ‘abandonment’....
by nsiadmin | Apr 5, 2021 | Health/Abuse, Government/Policy/Enforcement, Housing/Hostels, Year 2021
The living quarters of migrant workers in Kajang, about 30 kilometres from the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, were like a buffalo cage – dirty and smelly. In a December raid, Malaysia’s Human Resources Minister M Saravanan was shocked and horrified to discover that...
