Pada tanggal 11-12 Januari 2008 akan berlangsung Pertemuan Tingkat Tinggi antara Presiden RI Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono dan Perdana Menteri Malaysia Abdullah Badawi di Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, untuk hal tersebut, Migrant CARE, buruh migran Indonesia dan anggota keluarganya bersama dengan berbagai organisasi yang concern pada pembelaan buruh migran Indonesia, mendesakkan beberapa agenda krusial yang menyangkut perlindungan […]
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Statemen Migrant CARE Mendesakkan Agenda Perlindungan Buruh Migran
Published by January 8th, 2008 in Civil Liberties and Labour. 0 CommentsAppeal for Support: Joint Statement on RELA Taking Over Detention Centres
Published by December 12th, 2007 in Appeal, Law Enforcement and Migration. 0 CommentsDear colleagues and friends,
The Malaysian government has recently announced a Cabinet decision to have RELA (Ikatan Relawan Rakyat) take over the management of Immigration Detention Centres/ Depots. Civil society groups in Malaysia are against this move. 17 organisations have sent a joint memorandum to The National Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), and will […]
SAY NO to Malaysia RELA Taking Over Immigration Detention Centers
Published by December 6th, 2007 in Foreign Perspective, Economic Rights, Labour and Migration. 0 CommentsWe, Migrant Care of Republic of Indonesia, wish to express our serious concern about the announcement made by Hon. Dato Seri Radzi Sheik Ahmad on Malaysia cabinet decision to have RELA to take over the management of the Malaysia Immigration Detention Centers in Malaysia.
In April, a female Indonesian migrant worker, Suryani, 21Â was handcuffted and […]
Time to Retire Slavery-like Policies on Foreign Workers
Published by September 13th, 2007 in International Affairs, Labour and Migration. 0 CommentsWe wish to congratulate Dato’ Seri Najib Tun Razak for displaying diplomatic finesse in the defining moment of the Malaysia-Indonesian diplomatic tension. His attempts to relate his ancestral links to Sultan Hassanudin has touched the hearts of the Ethnic Bugis community.
Smart partnership proposals, without over-bearing monopoly interests, have also had a significant impact on […]
Malaysia-Indonesia Diplomatic Tension
Published by September 9th, 2007 in International Affairs and Migration. 0 CommentsMalaysia-Indonesia diplomatic relations are slowly approaching the pit of the diplomatic black-hole, despite a most cordial relationship between the top leadership.
The repeating incidents of abuses by the Malaysian law enforcement units and RELA have became the common concern of the Indonesian community.
The over-zealousness of the police and RELA officers in enforcing the Immigration laws on […]
Second Most Corrupted Industry causes Malaysia to be blacklisted
Published by June 18th, 2007 in Migration. 0 CommentsUnited States government has blacklisted Malaysia in the list of human trafficking offenders. Such blacklisting means Malaysia could face sanctions, including the withholding by the United States of non-humanitarian, non-trade related foreign aid.Â
It is a very big blow to the creditability of PM Abdullah Badawi administration after Transparency International Malaysia issued the early warning that […]
Migrant CARE: An unfair pay cut through the EPF Bill
Published by April 19th, 2007 in Government Policies & Negligence, Civil Liberties and Economic Rights. 0 CommentsThe proposed changes to the Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) Bill
(Amendment) 2007 is yet another example of how we discriminate against
foreign and older workers in favour of the employers who stand to gain
substantially from the proposals now before Parliament.
And it’s yet another example of how workers representatives, including trade
unions, don’t seem to be able to exert […]
Say “No” to hidden corruption fees for Foreign Maids
Published by March 21st, 2007 in Labour, Migration, Corruption / Public Integrity and Malaysian NGOs. 4 CommentsTransparency International reported that Foreign workers recruitment services is perceived as the second most corrupted industry in Malaysia, It is the sector where employment agencies and Malaysian authorities created the collusion to exploit both employers and employees.
Migrant Care is a reputable Migrant Workers organization; we have professional ethic and compassion. The majority core team members […]
Malaysia proposes Modern Day Slavery Law
Published by March 2nd, 2007 in Government Policies & Negligence, Law Enforcement, Labour and Migration. 0 CommentsThe motive of the new bill proposed by Malaysia Home Affair Minister to restrict the movement of migrant workers is questionable. The excuses of crimes committed by Indonesia Migrant workers have escalated by 2% should not be the valid reasons. The plan to table the bill at the Malaysia Parliament is grossly indecent discrimination against […]
ASEAN members need to be serious in implementing the “Cebu Declaration on protection and promotion of the rights of Migrant workers†in their Labor Policies.
Published by January 12th, 2007 in International Affairs and Migration. 0 CommentsAfter a one month delay, the ASEAN Summit will finally be held in Cebu. At the Ministerial Meetings, the government officials were busy preparing the final draft of the final document to be signed by the head of States of Asean on 13th January, 2007
One of the document which has been agreed upon by […]
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