migrant workers Archives

31 December 2021

Reflections On The Covid-19 Pandemic At Two Years – Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman

Fixing the health system to put us in readiness for an Omicron surge and other potential new variants is doable; the harder part is addressing the structural and systemic problems, whether it’s urban poverty, our treatment of migrant workers, or prison overcrowding as a result of punitive drug laws.

21 December 2021

Malaysia

Minister: 3% Of 37,662 Peninsula Employers Probed Over Workers’ Housing

Among 37,662 peninsula-based employers with 152,652 workers’ accommodation facilities inspected as of 30 Nov, the Labour Department opened 1,169 investigation papers, issued 817 compounds, and made 134 court charges.

25 August 2021

Malaysia

Rep: Vaccinate Undocumented Migrants By Going To Them

Michelle Ng says without a moratorium on immigration laws, there is no guarantee that undocumented persons will be spared from arrests when getting Covid-19 shots at vaccine centres.

27 July 2021

Letter

Inoculating Undocumented Workers Helps In Whole Community-Based Herd Immunity — M. Kula Segaran

The time for the lock-them-up and lock-us-down approach must end. We can do this by treating others as how we want to be treated ourselves.

19 July 2021

Letter

Ensure Undocumented Migrants Are Vaccinated Under The NIP — MMA

Leave no one behind - vaccinating the population, including undocumented migrant workers, is an immediate priority.

9 June 2021

Letter

Stop Raids On Undocumented Migrants — MMA

To get migrant workers to cooperate, the authorities need to first start treating them like human beings.

5 May 2021

Letter

Building A Fairer And Healthier World For Migrants — Dr Alia Daniella Abdul Halim, Prof Dr Moy Foong Ming & Prof Dr Noran Naqiah Hairi

An upstream intervention approach at the institutional level together with a multisectoral collaboration is needed to tackle NCDs among migrant workers.

28 April 2021

Letter

Workers Must Be Protected With A Safe And Healthy Work Environment — Dr Lo Ying-Ru Jacqueline & Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa

Covid-19 has reinforced the need for resilient national occupational safety and health systems to be in place.

11 March 2021

Malaysia

PH Wants Amnesty For Undocumented Migrants Taking Covid-19 Jabs

The government should set up Covid-19 vaccination sites in migrant workers’ workplaces or their housing areas.

22 February 2021

Malaysia

MOH Increasing Manufacturing Workers Screening With Rapid Tests

Dr Adham Baba says certain large companies may be asked to provide their own quarantine centres to isolate asymptomatic employees who are positive for Covid-19.

Tag: migrant workers

Reflections On The Covid-19 Pandemic At Two Years – Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman

Minister: 3% Of 37,662 Peninsula Employers Probed Over Workers’ Housing

Rep: Vaccinate Undocumented Migrants By Going To Them

Inoculating Undocumented Workers Helps In Whole Community-Based Herd Immunity — M. Kula Segaran

Ensure Undocumented Migrants Are Vaccinated Under The NIP — MMA

Stop Raids On Undocumented Migrants — MMA

Building A Fairer And Healthier World For Migrants — Dr Alia Daniella Abdul Halim, Prof Dr Moy Foong Ming & Prof Dr Noran Naqiah Hairi

Workers Must Be Protected With A Safe And Healthy Work Environment — Dr Lo Ying-Ru Jacqueline & Chihoko Asada-Miyakawa

PH Wants Amnesty For Undocumented Migrants Taking Covid-19 Jabs

MOH Increasing Manufacturing Workers Screening With Rapid Tests

Ipoh Teacher Dies In Ambulance Response That Allegedly Skipped CPR

Why Medicine Shortages Are Affecting Health Facilities Disproportionately

Kula: Ipoh Residents Worried, HRPB Must Suspend Paramedic Pending Probe

Sunway Healthcare Group Joins Forces With UKM To Expand Medical Related Resources In Malaysia

HRPB Defends Paramedic, Patient Pronounced Dead In 10-Minute Response Time