ID :
113983
Mon, 03/29/2010 - 17:41
Auther :
Shortlink :
https://oananews.org//node/113983
The shortlink copeid
STOPPING HOUSEMAID DISPATCHES TO MALAYSIA NOT EFFECTIVE
Kuala Lumpur, March 28 (ANTARA) - Indonesia's decision for the time being to stop sending domestic helpers to Malaysia starting on June 25, 2009, appears to have no practical effect.
It was due to most of the 2,000 new housemaids who managed to find their way into Selangor state each month came from Indonesia,
head of the Selangor work force agency Fong Khei Por said in Klang, Selangor, on Sunday.
"In January this year, for instance, of the 2,443 new domestic helpers, 2,077 were Indonesian citizens, and the rest came from Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam," he said.
In February 2010, of the 2,074 housemaids who entered Malaysia, 1,820 were Indonesians, Fong said before opening a course for migrant domestic helpers and their Malaysian employers. Selangor is one of the 14 states of Malaysia.
"Some 2,000 migrant housemaids arrived in Malaysia by way of housemaid supplying agencies or by individual (pesonal) recruitment," he said.
In Selangor in particular, there are about 216,000 registered migrant housemaids with working permits.
The violence committed against Hajar by their Malaysian employers had prompted Indonesia for the time being to stop sending housemaids to the neighboring country. Indonesia wished to revise the MoU on housemaid recruitment with Malaysia with better working conditions.
Indonesia has stopped sending domestic helpers until a new MoU had been agreed and signed by the two countries.
Today, all the Malaysian states are at the same time holding free courses for 50 migrant domestic helpers and their employers in Selangor, and similar courses will be held once in every month.
The three-hour courses on Sundays will deal with the rights and obligations of both the employers and housemaids, the Malaysian Labour Law, the Immigration Law and the Law on Crimes.
It was due to most of the 2,000 new housemaids who managed to find their way into Selangor state each month came from Indonesia,
head of the Selangor work force agency Fong Khei Por said in Klang, Selangor, on Sunday.
"In January this year, for instance, of the 2,443 new domestic helpers, 2,077 were Indonesian citizens, and the rest came from Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam," he said.
In February 2010, of the 2,074 housemaids who entered Malaysia, 1,820 were Indonesians, Fong said before opening a course for migrant domestic helpers and their Malaysian employers. Selangor is one of the 14 states of Malaysia.
"Some 2,000 migrant housemaids arrived in Malaysia by way of housemaid supplying agencies or by individual (pesonal) recruitment," he said.
In Selangor in particular, there are about 216,000 registered migrant housemaids with working permits.
The violence committed against Hajar by their Malaysian employers had prompted Indonesia for the time being to stop sending housemaids to the neighboring country. Indonesia wished to revise the MoU on housemaid recruitment with Malaysia with better working conditions.
Indonesia has stopped sending domestic helpers until a new MoU had been agreed and signed by the two countries.
Today, all the Malaysian states are at the same time holding free courses for 50 migrant domestic helpers and their employers in Selangor, and similar courses will be held once in every month.
The three-hour courses on Sundays will deal with the rights and obligations of both the employers and housemaids, the Malaysian Labour Law, the Immigration Law and the Law on Crimes.
