Illuminating causes and barriers underpinning forced labour in Nepal-Malaysia migration corridor
This study problematises Malaysia's migrant workers' governance by highlighting that while it can address forced labour, it has no jurisdiction over the recruitment process in source countries. This study attempts to persuade that any efforts to eliminate forced labour should address...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2023
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25618/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25618/1/Sinergi_3_SI_4.pdf |
| Summary: | This study problematises Malaysia's migrant workers' governance by
highlighting that while it can address forced labour, it has no jurisdiction over
the recruitment process in source countries. This study attempts to persuade that
any efforts to eliminate forced labour should address root causes and barriers
underpinning it through a comprehensive migration trajectory approach – i.e.,
pre-recruitment, pre-departure, and post-arrival (during employment) stages.
This study focuses on the Nepal-Malaysia migration corridor as one of the
essential labour migration pathways involving hundreds of thousands of Nepalis
employed as temporary, unskilled, and low-wage labourers. Findings and
subsequent analyses have been obtained through a workers' survey involving 76
Nepali workers in Malaysia, in-depth interviews with 28 Nepali workers and 13
Nepali community leaders in Malaysia, and five Nepali leaders in Nepal. Though
this study specifically covers the Nepal-Malaysia migration corridor, the causes
and systemic barriers discussed are highly relevant to other migration corridors
(e.g., Indonesia-Malaysia and Bangladesh-Malaysia). |
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