Indonesian Labor Migrants in Malaysia: A Study from China
Published By: Institute of China Studies | Published Date: January, 01 , 2016Malaysia is now a major receiving country with estimated over 2 million migrant workers. Such large inflow was caused by scarcity of jobs in plantation, construction and domestic growth. Migrant workers come mostly from Indonesia, Bangladesh and the Philippines. A large number of them are in irregular situation. A Malaysian official report released by ministry of Finance in 1997 stated that there were at least 1.7 million foreign workers in the country, counting about 1 million unregistered workers. This number accounted for 20-25% the total number of labor force in Malaysia and are largely unskilled and semi-skilled workers.
Author(s): Lin Mei | Posted on: Jul 08, 2016 | Views()