Malaysia

he Star - Freeze on foreign workers hiring quota in Malaysia stays for now, says HR Minister (with estimated 200,000+ surplus foreign workforce victims facing destitution and abuse)

Leave a Comment / Malaysia / By Andy Hall / March 26, 2024

Half a million vulnerable and irregular foreign workers disappear from Malaysia’s migrant worker regularization programme as deadline looms in one week

Leave a Comment / Malaysia / By Andy Hall / March 23, 2024

When work in Malaysia is a con - the criminal syndicate trafficking Bangladeshis for forced labour in Malaysia

Leave a Comment / Malaysia / By Andy Hall / March 14, 2024

13th March 2024: FMT - Bangladeshi migrants file police reports after falling victim to job scam/criminal syndicate trafficking workers from Bangladesh for forced labour in Malaysia

Leave a Comment / Malaysia / By Andy Hall / March 13, 2024

SCMP - Malaysia to slash migrant workforce amid intolerance, job scam crisis involving Bangladeshi labourers

Leave a Comment / Malaysia / By Andy Hall / March 12, 2024

The Daily Star - Distressed in Malaysia - Thousands of Bangladeshi migrants jobless, unpaid or underpaid

Leave a Comment / Malaysia / By Andy Hall / March 10, 2024

Malaysian government halts foreign worker entry into the country from 31st May 2024 (final calling visa/VDN approval issuance deadline 31st March 2024) as migrant worker management crisis worsens and victims of gross exploitation, unemployment and destitution rise significantly

Leave a Comment / Malaysia / By Andy Hall / March 5, 2024

Concern on repatriation of potential trafficking and forced labour victims under Malaysian Migrant Worker Repatriation Programme Commencing 1st March 2024 (Statement by Andy Hall, Independent Migrant Worker Rights Specialist)

Leave a Comment / Malaysia / By Andy Hall / March 3, 2024

Activists: Duped Bangladeshi workers in Malaysia sought RM2m in unpaid wages, but only got half (first reported compensation settlement for Bangladesh Malaysia organised crime syndicate victims being trafficked for forced labour in Malaysia)

Leave a Comment / Malaysia / By Andy Hall / February 8, 2024

Malaysian Labor Court orders employers to pay Bangladeshi workers RM1 million in unpaid wages

Leave a Comment / Malaysia / By Andy Hall / February 7, 2024