by nsiadmin | Sep 18, 2024 | Government/Policy/Enforcement, Refugees/AsylumSeekers, Year 2024
The government has been urged to walk its talk on support for refugees by ratifying the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. Human rights groups said Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s support for Palestinian refugees was commendable but stressed the need for Malaysia to address...
by nsiadmin | Sep 12, 2024 | Migrant Initiatives, Year 2024
Kembara Stories and Food Trail returns for the second year, after a successful outing last year. Project coordinators Kevin Bathman, David Tneh, and Swagata Roy, together with Bangladeshi storyteller Nadia join us on I Love KL to share the journey of bringing this...
by nsiadmin | Aug 21, 2024 | Corruption, Human Trafficking, Scams/Deception, Wages, Year 2024
Our top story: Bangladesh’s Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating a syndicate involving several high-ranking officials from the former Awami League Government. The syndicate is alleged to have embezzled around 8.9 billion ringgit by sending approximately 450,000...
by nsiadmin | Aug 16, 2024 | Government/Policy/Enforcement, Year 2024
An activist has called on the home ministry to promptly list all SOPs for managing foreign workers, following its takeover of the foreign worker division’s functions from the human resource ministry....
by nsiadmin | Aug 12, 2024 | Government/Policy/Enforcement, Year 2024
Pengambilan dan pengurusan pekerja asing di Malaysia kini terletak di bawah bidang kuasa Kementerian Dalam Negeri (KDN) sebagai agensi tunggal bagi mengelak pertindihan fungsi namun ia membangkitkan kebimbangan aktivis tentang pemusatan kuasa agensi keselamatan...
by nsiadmin | Jul 1, 2024 | Forced Labour, Government/Policy/Enforcement, Year 2024
Saringan ketat perlu dilaksanakan ke atas majikan yang ingin membawa masuk dan menggaji pekerja asing bagi mengelakkan eksploitasi dan penindasan tenaga kerja asing, kata aktivis pertubuhan bukan kerajaan berkaitan...
