Network of Action for Migrants in Malaysia (NAMM): Sinometal Case Update(2): 2 Migrant Workers escape employer's attempts to send them back to Burma

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Sinometal Case Update(2): 2 Migrant Workers escape employer's attempts to send them back to Burma

The information that I have got, is that 2 out of the 5 workers that were taken to KLIA managed to escape from their employer, whilst the other 3 have already been sent back to Burma. (There has been a contrary information coming from SUARAM that the 3 have been taken to JB)

Apparently, with regards the remaining 30 workers, the employer has taken back about 12 and has agreed that he will comply with the earlier agreement and that these workers will now be able to earn between RM900 to RM1,000 per month. The status of the remaining 18 workers is still unclear.

I will try to keep you updated on this case.

Sinometal Case Update: 5 Migrant Workers being send to KLIA possibly to be send back to Burma

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Malaysia has 5.8 million migrant workers of which 2.9 million are documented - 2/9/2014

Malaysia had approximately 1.9 million foreign workers spread across sectors such as manufacturing (39 per cent), construction (19 per cent), plantation (14 per cent), housemaids (12 per cent), services (10 per cent), with the rest in agriculture.

The contributing countries by rank are: Indonesia (50.9 per cent), Bangladesh (17.4 per cent), Nepal (9.7 per cent), Myanmar (7.8 per cent), India (6.3 per cent), and the rest from Vietnam. - Malaysian Insider, 20/5/2010, Foreign worker levy hike in 2011

Levy For Employing Migrant Workers, and Migrants from which country allowed to work in which sector information (as at 31/8/2013)

National Employment Returns 2009, 34% of 1.3 million workers in the study earn less than RM700. The poverty income line for 2009, for Sabah (RM1048) and Sarawak (RM912), whilst for Peninsular Malaysia it is RM763. Malaysia's average poverty line income then was RM800. - Charles Hector Blog

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NAMM emphasizes ACTION, and states clearly that this its work would be for the benefit of Migrants in Malaysia.

NAMM is interested also in education,awareness raising, training and empowerment of people, of workers, and of migrants.

NAMM is also an advocacy group determined to change policies and laws that will be more favourable to workers, including migrant workers.

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