Network of Action for Migrants in Malaysia (NAMM): 2.1 million documented migrants in Malaysia, and foreigners only responsible for 10-15% of crimes saya Home Minister

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

2.1 million documented migrants in Malaysia, and foreigners only responsible for 10-15% of crimes saya Home Minister

2.1 million documented migrant workers in Malaysia, and foreigners are only responsible for 10-15% of crimes committed in Malaysia...

Don't blame foreign workers for every crime, says Zahid

Ram Anand
12:03PM Oct 30, 2013

PARLIAMENT Do not place the blame for crime rates in the country squarely on foreigners alone, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today.

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Zahid (right) told the Dewan Rakyat that only 10 to 15 percent of serious crimes in the country were committed by foreign workers in the country, while a large majority of the crimes were still carried out by Malaysians.

He was responding to a supplementary question from Fong Kui Lun (DAP-Bukit Bintang) on the numbers of crimes carried out by the foreign workers in the country.

Zahid said that officially, there are 2.1 million foreign workers in the country. - Malaysiakini, 30/10/2013, Don't blame foreign workers for every crime, says Zahid

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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

NAMM is a network of groups that are working for the promotion and respect of worker rights and human rights, with a focus on migrants in Malaysia.

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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