*Migrant Case-Handling Workshop* *– for migrant service providers
*The event is specifically organized to train migrant service providers in
basic case-handling methods. Topics include information on the Employment Act and Labour Department procedures.
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JUMP Event II - Workshop: Migrant Case-Handling
Published by July 20th, 2008 in Migration. 0 CommentsAPPEAL TO MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT TO STOP THE CRACKDOWN ON REFUGEES
Published by July 8th, 2008 in Migration. 0 CommentsOn 4th July 2008 about 200 migrants were arrested in Jalan Meru and Kampung Jawa, Klang in 1.30am raid by the Immigration and Rela. Out of this number, about 80 person are Stateless Rohingya refugees. According to refugees,
during the raid one month old baby, 15 children and 10 women was picked up by the Immigration. […]
Profiting from Health Testing of Migrants
Published by May 26th, 2008 in Public Health and Migration. 0 CommentsCARAM Asia would like to respond to articles published in (The New Sunday Times on 25 May) on the issue of domestic workers entering the country with diseases who have purportedly passed the health testing carried out by health testing providers.
The failure of health testing system
These articles reinforced CARAM Asia’s findings […]
Burma Refugees Letter-Writing Campaign
Published by May 18th, 2008 in Labour and Migration. 1 CommentDear friends
June 20th is World Refugee Day. The refugees from Burma are starting a letter writing campaign this week, to appeal to the Malaysian government to protect and assist them as they seek refuge here. We are seeking your support - every opportunity that you have to appear before a crowd, can you […]
Open Letter To ASEAN Labour Ministers Meeting, Grand Hyatt, Bangkok, Thailand 6th -7th May, 2008
Published by May 18th, 2008 in Economic Rights, Migration and Law and Justice. 0 CommentsWe, migrants from Burma, who currently live and work in Malaysia and Thailand, have recently met and discussed the situation of migrant workers. We work as construction workers, domestic workers, factory workers, fisherfolk, migrant health workers and plantation workers. We, the migrant workers of ASEAN, have contributed to the building of ASEAN communities but our […]
Memorandum to SUHAKAM on the Fire Incident at the Lenggeng Immigration Detention Centre
Published by May 18th, 2008 in Civil Liberties and Migration. 0 CommentsBackground
On 21st April 2008, an incident occurred at Lenggeng Immigration Detention Centre where an administration building was burned. According to mainstream press, the riots were started by 60 Myanmar detainees after they were told news that their applications for resettlement to a third country had been rejected by United Nations High Commission of Refugees (UNHCR). […]
STOP THE ARRESTS, DETENTION AND SALE OF REFUGEES IN MALAYSIA
Published by May 14th, 2008 in Migration. 0 CommentsYesterday, Prime Minister, YAB Abdullah Ahmad Badawi launched a fund for cyclone-hit Burma after Kuala Lumpur’s aid team landed in Rangoon. In his speech, he stated “We help them on humanitarian grounds, there is no politics in this matter. When there are people suffering, we Malaysians always offer assistance.”
We applaud the Prime Minister and […]
Amnesty International Malaysia calls on the Malaysian government to review its policy on the non recognition of Burmese refugees in Malaysia following the recent cyclone disaster and worsening humanitarian and human rights crises in Burma. As an ASEAN member and particularly the United Nations Human Rights Council, the government must be strongly committed in upholding […]
Protect the Peoples of Burma in Thailand and Malaysia
Published by April 15th, 2008 in Government Policies & Negligence and Migration. 2 CommentsMigrant Forum in Asia (MFA) is extremely concerned about the poor protection of the peoples of Burma in Southeast Asia .
The peoples of Burma have been driven by persecution, conflict, state-sanctioned violence, and desperate poverty into neighboring countries. More than a million people reside in Thailand […]
URGENT ACTION ALERT: STOP THE UNJUST AND INHUMAN ARRESTS AND DETENTION OF REFUGEES
Published by April 12th, 2008 in Appeal and Migration. 0 CommentsWomen and children refugees are leaving their homes and moving deeper and deeper into the jungles to escape arrest and detention by RELA and the Immigration authorities. Gripped with fear and uncertainty, hundreds of refugees face the risk of lack of food and of diseases in the jungles.
During the last few weeks, the Malaysian […]
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