In Malaysia, migrants say they are in limbo after promised jobs fall through
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 11 May 2023
Ubicación: Malasia
Empresas
Puncak Jupiter Management Services - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Bangladés - Sector desconocido , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Nepal - Sector desconocido , Gender not reported )Temas
Tasas de contratación , Debt Bondage , Restricted mobility , Withholding Passports , Wage Theft , Irregular Work , Derecho a la alimentación , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Intimidación y AmenazasRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: 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.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 11 May 2023
Ubicación: Malasia
Empresas
Star Domain Resources - EmployerAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Bangladés - Sector desconocido , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Nepal - Sector desconocido , Gender not reported )Temas
Tasas de contratación , Wage Theft , Debt Bondage , Restricted mobility , Withholding Passports , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage Theft , Irregular Work , Intimidación y AmenazasRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: 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.
Tipo de fuente: News outlet
Resumen
Fecha comunicada: 11 May 2023
Ubicación: Malasia
Empresas
Amial International - RecruiterAfectado
Total de personas afectadas: Número desconocido
Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Bangladés - Sector desconocido , Gender not reported ) , Trabajadores migrantes e inmigrantes: ( Número desconocido - Nepal - Sector desconocido , Gender not reported )Temas
Derecho a la alimentación , Tasas de contratación , Debt Bondage , Restricted mobility , Withholding Passports , Precarious/Unsuitable Living Conditions , Wage Theft , Irregular Work , Intimidación y AmenazasRespuesta
Response sought: No
Medidas adoptadas: 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.
Tipo de fuente: 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...