Migrant Workers Face an Ever More Challenging Present, and an Ever More Uncertain Future
By Braema Mathi
July 2020 FEATURE
THE MONTH OF May witnessed a string of raids targeting migrant workers in specific areas around KL. The actions took place, almost in catch-up mode, to ring-fence these foreigners1 who, since the 1980s and 1990s, have been coming into the country in large swathes for job opportunities, often without proper documentation.The Covid-19 clusters found among migrant workers in Singapore, which now accounts for more than 90% of confirmed cases2 alarmed Malaysians and the government. Many migrants here too, live in...
Braema Mathi
is a visiting senior research fellow at Penang Institute. She is from Singapore and she loves the hills, the rivers and trekking – all of which are plentiful in Penang.
