zainon ahmad - role of media in protecting migrants - manila 14 oct 2011

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---- some subjected to conditions of involuntary servitude in the

domestic, agricultural, food service, construction, plantation, industrial

and fisheries sectors. Live in squalor.

Some are victims of sexual exploitation, some victims of domestic

violence..

Some are victimized by their employers, employment agents or

traffickers who supply migrant labourers and victims of sex trafficking.

Debt bondage.

Foreign workers --- multi-billion ringgit enterprise.

Big bucks. Even some officials are involved.

Malaysian media do not shy away from covering plight. Bad employers,

“ugly Malaysians”. Court cases given wide publicity. Even affects

bilateral relations. Especially with Indonesia.

(Cases of good employers. Provide training. Education.)

Picture stories of where they live.

Accidents. Insufficient protection given in some accident prone work places.

In oil palm estates. Construction sites.

Complaints of being underpaid. Low salaries, one of the reasons why they

are recruited.

Complaints of not being paid.

But not all of them are the compliant, subservient workers. Some are

schemers. Cases of employers becoming victims.

Some are involved in crime.

Slums, ghettoes.

How to end the never endind problem?

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1. Refugee swap deal?

2. Transfer the problem?

3. Encourage locals to take jobs migrants are performing.

4. On-going programme “to solve the problems of foreign workers” amnesty

and biometric registration. Thank you.