In Malaysia, migrants say they are in limbo after promised jobs fall through
Resumo
Data informada: 11 Mai 2023
Localização: Malásia
Empresas
Puncak Jupiter Management Services - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Bangladesh - Setor desconhecido , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Nepal - Setor desconhecido , Gender not reported )Temas
Taxas de Recrutamento , Servidão por dívida , Mobilidade restrita , Retenção de documentos de identificação , Roubo de salários , Trabalho Irregular , Direito à Alimentação , Condições de vida precárias/inadequadas , Intimidação e AmeaçasResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: 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 fonte: News outlet
Resumo
Data informada: 11 Mai 2023
Localização: Malásia
Empresas
Star Domain Resources - EmployerAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Bangladesh - Setor desconhecido , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Nepal - Setor desconhecido , Gender not reported )Temas
Taxas de Recrutamento , Roubo de salários , Servidão por dívida , Mobilidade restrita , Retenção de documentos de identificação , Condições de vida precárias/inadequadas , Roubo de salários , Trabalho Irregular , Intimidação e AmeaçasResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: 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 fonte: News outlet
Resumo
Data informada: 11 Mai 2023
Localização: Malásia
Empresas
Amial International - RecruiterAfetados
Total de pessoas afetadas: Número desconhecido
Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Bangladesh - Setor desconhecido , Gender not reported ) , Trabalhadores migrantes e imigrantes: ( Número desconhecido - Nepal - Setor desconhecido , Gender not reported )Temas
Direito à Alimentação , Taxas de Recrutamento , Servidão por dívida , Mobilidade restrita , Retenção de documentos de identificação , Condições de vida precárias/inadequadas , Roubo de salários , Trabalho Irregular , Intimidação e AmeaçasResposta
Response sought: Não
Medidas tomadas: 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 fonte: 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...