Discrimination against migrant workers in Malaysia
Migrant workers are often discriminated against in almost every aspect of life.Discrimination against them is due to irrational dislike of them and also negative perception towards them.It is alleged that migrant workers contribute to the crimes hike in Malaysia.Using doctrinal research methodology,...
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| author | Badarulzaman, Muhammad Hafiz Ayub, Zainal Amin Mohamed Yusoff, Zuryati Abdul Wahab, Harlida |
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| description | Migrant workers are often discriminated against in almost every aspect of life.Discrimination against them is due to irrational dislike of them and also negative perception towards them.It is alleged that migrant workers contribute to the crimes hike in Malaysia.Using doctrinal research methodology, this article discusses direct and perceptive discrimination against them. This article concludes that physical discriminations are mostly happened because ineffective enforcement of the law, abuse of powers and human-trafficking problem. Besides, migrant workers have not being major contributor to crime hike.Malaysia should introduce comprehensive migration law and strengthen the monitoring of recruitment agencies. |
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| spelling | uum-219792017-05-09T03:18:45Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/21979/ Discrimination against migrant workers in Malaysia Badarulzaman, Muhammad Hafiz Ayub, Zainal Amin Mohamed Yusoff, Zuryati Abdul Wahab, Harlida JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration K Law (General) Migrant workers are often discriminated against in almost every aspect of life.Discrimination against them is due to irrational dislike of them and also negative perception towards them.It is alleged that migrant workers contribute to the crimes hike in Malaysia.Using doctrinal research methodology, this article discusses direct and perceptive discrimination against them. This article concludes that physical discriminations are mostly happened because ineffective enforcement of the law, abuse of powers and human-trafficking problem. Besides, migrant workers have not being major contributor to crime hike.Malaysia should introduce comprehensive migration law and strengthen the monitoring of recruitment agencies. Faculty of Law, Universitas Gadjah Mada 2016 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc4_by https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/21979/1/MH%2028%203%202016%20556%20568.pdf Badarulzaman, Muhammad Hafiz and Ayub, Zainal Amin and Mohamed Yusoff, Zuryati and Abdul Wahab, Harlida (2016) Discrimination against migrant workers in Malaysia. Jurnal Mimbar Hukum, 28 (3). pp. 556-568. ISSN 2443-0994 https://journal.ugm.ac.id/jmh/article/view/16692 doi:10.1109/ICACCCT.2016.7831605 doi:10.1109/ICACCCT.2016.7831605 |
| spellingShingle | JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration K Law (General) Badarulzaman, Muhammad Hafiz Ayub, Zainal Amin Mohamed Yusoff, Zuryati Abdul Wahab, Harlida Discrimination against migrant workers in Malaysia |
| title | Discrimination against migrant workers in Malaysia |
| title_full | Discrimination against migrant workers in Malaysia |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Discrimination against migrant workers in Malaysia |
| title_short | Discrimination against migrant workers in Malaysia |
| title_sort | discrimination against migrant workers in malaysia |
| topic | JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration K Law (General) |
| url | https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/21979/1/MH%2028%203%202016%20556%20568.pdf |
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