Tag: Migrant Rights
Long road to justice: Human rights of female migrant workers
"Migration into exploitative work is continually on the rise, living wages and decent work conditions are being denied and with deadly consequences. The cheap, exploitable labour of women is underwriting the so-called 'Asian Century' and is used to attract investors to the region."
Mon, 2014-11-17 07:27 — editor
By Shobha Shukla,...
International As Fears Rise in Myanmar, Rohingya Exodus Grows
SITTWE, Myanmar — Nov 18, 2014, 12:09 AM ET
By ESTHER HTUSAN Associated Press
The captain of the small fishing vessel has spent most of his life helping fellow Rohingya Muslims escape persecution and hatred in Myanmar, but now even he is worried about the panicked pace the exodus has taken...
Why Malaysia should ratify the international refugee convention – Aslam Abd Jalil
Refugee issue has been a global issue due to the conflicts in the world that jeopardise the lives of people and it is also affecting Malaysia.
Published: 19 November 2014
Refugee issue has been a global issue due to the conflicts in the world that jeopardise the lives of people and...
‘Give migrant workers full benefits’
EFFORTS to improve labour laws for migrant workers must pave way for them to enjoy the full benefits of social security schemes like Thais, a seminar was told yesterday.
Chanikarn Phumhiran
The Nation November 21, 2014 1:00 am
EFFORTS to improve labour laws for migrant workers must pave way for them to...
Motion to discuss refugees and detention centre submitted to speaker
A motion under the Parliament Standing Order 18 (1) to discuss issues on refugees and detention centre in Malaysia, as highlighted by Al Jazeera news agency, has been submitted to Dewan Rakyat speaker Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia.
By FAZLEENA AZIZ - 24 November 2014 @ 10:27 PM
KUALA LUMPUR: A...
Australia: Reconsider Nauru Refugee Transfers to Cambodia
Extortion, Discrimination, Abuse Await Those Resettled Under Australian Deal
November 20, 2014
(Sydney) –The Australian government should press Cambodian authorities to implement key reforms to improve treatment of refugees in Cambodia before transferring any refugees from Nauru, Human Rights Watch said today.
In new Human Rights Watch interviews, asylum seekers and refugees...
UN urges for Rohingya citizenship in Myanmar
UN rights committee urges Myanmar government to scrap its identity plan and grant Rohingya access to citizenship
Last updated: 22 Nov 2014 12:17
The United Nations General Assembly’s human rights committee has approved a resolution urging Myanmar to allow its persecuted Rohingya minority "access to full citizenship on an equal basis"...
Vietnam’s Montagnards Reeling From Malaria, Food Shortage in Cambodia
A group of 13 ethnic minority Montagnards who fled alleged persecution in Vietnam to neighboring Cambodia are reeling from malaria and a food shortage but are not budging from their new mosquito-infested jungle home for fear of being detained and repatriated.
2014-11-28
A group of 13 ethnic minority Montagnards who fled...
Myanmar government seeks to drive Rohingya out: Activist
“They want to drive all the Rohingya out of the country,” Saifullah Muhammad, a Rohingya activist, said on Saturday.
Sun Nov 30, 2014 6:51AM GMT
Myanmar’s government is forcing the minority Rohingya Muslims to leave the country, says a rights activist.
“They want to drive all the Rohingya out of the country,”...
Myanmar’s Rohingya face hunger and death on brutal sea exodus
Bibijan Rahimullah stepped aboard a small boat in Myanmar in October for what she was told would be a week-long journey to Malaysia to escape violence and discrimination afflicting her Rohingya ethnic group.
Published : 2014-12-01 20:21
Updated : 2014-12-01 20:21
KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) ― Bibijan Rahimullah stepped aboard a small boat...
