It is not uncommon to find 20 migrant workers living in one room amid unhygienic surroundings. FMTNews
A migrant worker preparing a meal in the common kitchen. Many migrant workers are forced to put up with squalid living conditions.
Labour Department for Peninsular Malaysia director Mohd Jeffrey Joakim said that while “many” employers had met the department’s minimum standard of housing for foreign workers, there is still a lot of room for improvement. “Once again, this is not a new issue. We have been bringing this up at every opportunity, but it has fallen on deaf ears because it has always been profit before people,” added Das.
As if that is not bad enough, when running water is not available, the workers use water from a pond behind the latrines where rainwater and overflowing fluids from the latrines mix.Selangor Anti-Human Trafficking Council member Abdul Aziz Ismail told FMT that workers who live in containers had no choice but to bathe and cook outdoors.
Amendments were made to the Act last July to ensure workers in all sectors of employment – as opposed to just the plantation and mining sectors – have better housing, amenities and health and safety standards. “This won’t happen overnight but it’s important for the industry to be disciplined and provide workers with the appropriate accommodation and facilities,” he added.
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