Getting refugees to fill labour needs


Story about proposal to get Myanmar refugees to become maids to fill the shortage we have now. Red t-shirt is Htet Thiri,25 and White t-shirt is Than Than, 42. August 24, 2013. FAIHAN GHANI/The Star.

Plans are underway for the Home Affairs Ministry to make work legal for refugees and asylum seekers in Malaysia.

THE job could not be better – apart from the good wage, food, accommodation and transport are provided. With jobs hard to come by for refugees, Somali refugee Ahmed* and friends were grateful.

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Annual Plan

RM 12.33/month

RM 8.63/month

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