In Malaysia, migrants say they are in limbo after promised jobs fall through
الملخص
Date Reported: 11 مايو 2023
الموقع: ماليزيا
الشركات
Puncak Jupiter Management Services - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - بنجلاديش - Sector unknown , Gender not reported ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - نيبال - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )القضايا
رسوم التوظيف , Debt Bondage , Restricted mobility , احتجاز وثائق الهوية و السفر و العمل , Wage Theft , Irregular Work , الحق في الغذاء , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , الترهيب والتهديدالرد
Response sought: لا
الإجراءات المتخذة: The company did not respond to requests for comment. Later in May, FMT Reporters reported the Director General of Labour, Asri Ab Rahman, and the deputy secretary-general of operations at the human resources ministry, Khair Razman Annuar, were removed from office, following an internal investigation into foreign labour quota approvals.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
الملخص
Date Reported: 11 مايو 2023
الموقع: ماليزيا
الشركات
Star Domain Resources - Employerالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - بنجلاديش - Sector unknown , Gender not reported ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - نيبال - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )القضايا
رسوم التوظيف , Wage Theft , Debt Bondage , Restricted mobility , احتجاز وثائق الهوية و السفر و العمل , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage Theft , Irregular Work , الترهيب والتهديدالرد
Response sought: لا
الإجراءات المتخذة: The company did not respond to requests for comment. Later in May, FMT Reporters reported the Director General of Labour, Asri Ab Rahman, and the deputy secretary-general of operations at the human resources ministry, Khair Razman Annuar, were removed from office, following an internal investigation into foreign labour quota approvals.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
الملخص
Date Reported: 11 مايو 2023
الموقع: ماليزيا
الشركات
Amial International - Recruiterالفئة المتأثرة
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - بنجلاديش - Sector unknown , Gender not reported ) , عمال مهاجرون: ( Number unknown - نيبال - Sector unknown , Gender not reported )القضايا
الحق في الغذاء , رسوم التوظيف , Debt Bondage , Restricted mobility , احتجاز وثائق الهوية و السفر و العمل , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage Theft , Irregular Work , الترهيب والتهديدالرد
Response sought: لا
الإجراءات المتخذة: The company did not respond to requests for comment. Later in May, FMT Reporters reported the Director General of Labour, Asri Ab Rahman, and the deputy secretary-general of operations at the human resources ministry, Khair Razman Annuar, were removed from office, following an internal investigation into foreign labour quota approvals.
نوع المصدر: News outlet
Stranded without work for months, hundreds of South Asian migrants in Malaysia say they are losing hope after failing to find jobs promised to them by recruitment agents in exchange for thousands of dollars in fees...
Many say recruitment agents took their passports and continue to promise them jobs.
"We are all depressed and helpless. We already paid a huge amount for the job. How can I pay that back if I do not have a job?" a Nepali migrant at the dormitory told Reuters...
The workers at the facility all tell similar stories: upon arriving in Malaysia, recruiting agencies told them no jobs were immediately available and took them to accommodation facilities to wait. They were then told they would eventually be employed; in the meantime, they must pay for their own food without a salary...
Puncak Jupiter Management Services and Star Domain Resources, listed as employers on some of the workers' travel documents, did not respond to requests for comment. Amial International, one of the recruitment agencies the workers used, did not respond to requests for comment...