It can lead to developmental delays and self-harm while putting children at very real risk of violence, sexual abuse and exploitation.

A NEWBORN, tiny and fragile, swaddled in the mother's arm. Around them, insects were scurrying all over their room; made with loose boards

Malaysia topped the list with 546 cases of deaths with unknown causes, followed by Qatar (140) and Saudi Arabia (34). Malaysia hosts nearly half a million Nepali migrant workers, while Qatar and Saudi Arabia each have 400,000.

Ram Sundar Yadav said his employer in Malaysia locked him in a room for 15 days when he refused to perform duties outside his contract.

Migrants have become an integral part of Malaysia’s economy and support their families by sending substantial amounts of remittances to their home countries. In fact, remittance growth by migrants in Malaysia has been dramatic since 2006, with an increase in remittance outflows of more than 500% in the past ten years.

In Suaram’s overview of the Human Rights Report at the end of 2016, we reported only two additional deaths in police custody. However, a parliamentary reply has since revealed that there were 15 deaths in police custody in 2016.

On top of a black "Anti-human trafficking" T-shirt, she wears a blue denim shirt with a button badge with the words "I am not for sale" pinned to her left breast pocket.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 31 ― With foreigners contributing about 20 per cent of tuberculosis (TB) cases reported in the country, concerns are mounting over the breeding of the disease among refugees here.

Malaysia has yet to strengthen its laws to provide greater protection to foreign employees despite reports of rampant abuses, an international human rights watchdog said

Currently, the Global Slavery Index estimates 128,800 individuals are trapped in modern day slavery in Malaysia. That’s about 0.4% of Malaysia’s total population

Two years ago, on May 21, 2015, the Malaysian authorities uncovered more than 100 bodies in multiple mass graves about 500 metres from the country’s northern border as well as numerous human trafficking camps.

Norwegian Refugee Council report reveals extent of the hidden crisis that forced 31 million people – one every second – to flee within their countries last year

NGO's executive director Glorene Das quizzes government over lack of transparency in investigations following discovery of Wang Kelian mass grave in Perlis.

Police have rescued 42 Myanmar nationals believed to be victims of forced labour exploitation in a raid on an automobile spare parts factory at the Industrial Area, in Jalan Perusahaan, here, Wednesday. Police said the victims, comprising 14 women and 28 men aged between 16 and 35 years old did not have any valid travel documents or work permits

Bangladeshi security forces have detained more than a dozen members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya Muslim community and two men accused of attempting to smuggle them into Malaysia by boat on May 9, said the Office-in-Charge (OC), Mainuddin Khan from Teknaf police station.

At least two dozen refugees and asylum seekers have died in overcrowded Malaysian immigration detention centres since 2015, 

PUTRAJAYA:  The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) recognises the role and commitment of Malaysia in bringing in about 3,500 Syrian refugees to the country more than a year ago without incurring high costs or being a burden to the government.

Government can help clear negative image as human trafficking hub by resolving issue of illegal Chinese workers at Forest City project in Johor, says Steven Sim

Rights groups welcome steps to improve treatment of migrant workers after Guardian revealed claims of exploitation in supply chains in Malaysia, but say more must be done

Thirty-six foreign women and five Malaysian men were detained by police in a raid on a spa in Bandar Seri Alam, Masai

Sabah police rescued three foreign women from becoming victims of human trafficking activities and sexual exploitation in Sandakan yesterday evening.

Home Ministry is currently investigating some of the 14 immigration state branches which have issued e-Kad to illegal foreign workers who have not gone through the Rehiring Programme

Seven female illegal migrant workers from West Nusa Tenggara who were rescued from an alleged human trafficking attempt during an operation on March 29

20% of the nation's almost 29 million people are migrant workers in the Middle East, Malaysia and South Korea, generating remittances that make up a quarter of Nepal's GDP.

Human rights group chief Razali Ismail criticises those who deny Orang Asli control over their own lands and development based on their own values.

Undocumented female workers in Malaysia take up jobs as cleaners, waitresses, masseuses and prostitutes, and are vulnerable to exploitation and harassment by police

"Many don't know where they are and are too afraid to leave because they have been threatened by the employers and agents”

Negri Sembilan man says his family left their hometown thinking their life would turn around but it only got worse at the oil palm plantation in Pengkalan Hulu.

Couple arrested for further investigation

Economists differ on what Putrajaya should do amid claims it did not carry out enough consultations on the new policy.

Just 12-years-old at the time, she was forced to wed a man she did not know, and who was more than a decade older than her

Refugees and asylum seekers cannot be forcefully returned to the circumstances or dangers that they had been forced to flee from in their home countries

Trades union body says emulating Starbucks move to hire refugees in wake of US immigration ban, is not the solution as labour laws here don't protect refugees.

IOM DG calls for finding creative means to permit safe, legal and secure migration

Stateless children are not the only ones being deprived of education in Malaysia, says Tenaganita, adding that locals working in plantations and the Orang Asal, whose children do not have birth certificates, also face the same predicament.

Human trafficking syndicate believed to also be involved in the printing of fake immigration security stickers. 

A human trafficking syndicate believed to have been operating for a while has been foiled by the Immigration Department in Desa Petaling.

Rescued victims of human traffickers were confined to a condomonium until sent to agents or employers.

Increase in human trafficking related convictions can be attributed to close coopoeration but still more must be done.

Lee Cheng Wah is accused of trafficking a 32 year old Vietnamese woman who faced sexual exploitation.

It was found a labour supply agency whom had supplied workers to McDonalds has been withholding the salaries and passports of foreign workers. 

Human trafficking cases have alarmingly risen seven times the amount from 2015 to 2016.

State Human Resources committee encourages industries to hire locally rather than abroad but local manufacturers will struggle with the higher cost of wages. 

101 East investigates the sinister world of baby selling in Malaysia, where infants are sold to the highest bidder 

FOMEMA's new scheme allows businesses to speed up the registration process of new foreign workers through a payment channel found online. 

The Government defends decision to suspend new temporary work visas from foreigners, due to the high number of pre-existing temporary visas. 

Public complaints have led to the arrest of 16 foreign workers and the shut down of several market stands.

Labour shortages are calling out for the government to import foreign labour, in aim to maximise financial profits.

Forty-one women: 26 Vietnamese, three Indonesians, eight from China and four from Laos, believed to be human trafficking victims were rescued 

14 women from China, a Filipina and a man from China – were rescued during a raid at about 1.40am on Friday

Malaysia urges international community to help resettle existing refugee populations in host countries to third countries

Malaysia sought Lebanon's assistance in fulfilling its pledge to take in up to 3,000 Syrian migrants fleeing their war-torn country

Malaysian government expressed concerns at what it described as lingering problems in resettling migrants and refugees in third countries

Employers calling for a review of the plan by the Immigration Department in freezing assets and bank accounts of those who hire and harbour undocumented foreign workers

A coalition of NGOs working on migrant rights urging the government to come up with a comprehensive policy on labour migration

Trafficking victims freed from chains in a raid 

The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF), workers and organisations want the profit motive removed from the recruitment of migrant labour

Having escaped poverty and persecution in Myanmar, Rohingya end up in limbo in Malaysia: illegal to work and years for resettlement to another country

Tenaganita expresses concern over the culture of child marriages in Malaysia

Trafficking laws will not be sufficient to curb and tackle the trafficking problem if political will is absent

Our migrant worker policy today is back to the British colonial times, treating workers as disposable tools 

The government must accept the right of refugees to seek asylum and allow the UNHCR to continue their work

Cabinet's decision on the non-issuance of UNHCR cards leave vulnerable refugees further unprotected

The crime of human trafficking is a major problem in this country, as Malaysia does not have a good system that protects immigrants, refugees, trafficked and abused

Human rights group also offers to arrange meeting between the Nobel prize laureate and the Rohingya community.

Tenaganita hails health ministry's plan to provide free service as this can reduce the spread of infectious diseases