The right to health: discriminatory treatment against migrant workers in Malaysia

Due to globalization, migration has become a worldwide trend, and now poses a new challenge to countries that receive and send migrant workers. Many issues have arisen from this trend, especially in terms of the rights of the migrant workers. Malaysia is one those countries that receive migrant work...

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Main Authors:	Muhammad Faliq Abd Razak, Rohaida Nordin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13014/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13014/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13014/1/30274-92944-1-PB.pdf

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spelling	ukm-130142019-05-23T21:33:54Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13014/ The right to health: discriminatory treatment against migrant workers in Malaysia Muhammad Faliq Abd Razak, Rohaida Nordin, Due to globalization, migration has become a worldwide trend, and now poses a new challenge to countries that receive and send migrant workers. Many issues have arisen from this trend, especially in terms of the rights of the migrant workers. Malaysia is one those countries that receive migrant workers, with 6.7 million migrants working in Malaysia, comprises of both with legal and illegal status. Without a doubt, Malaysia is a receiving country which depends a lot on migrant workers in boosting her productivity, especially in the economic and development sectors. Migrant workers in Malaysia are required to be covered by a health insurance scheme, particularly for compensation in the event of an accident. The question is whether the right of migrant workers to access healthcare in Malaysia is protected adequately without burdening the government, particularly in terms of the cost? Has the practice in Malaysia fulfil the right to health of migrant workers? Therefore, this article aims at analysing the laws and related instruments governing the issue of right to health of migrant workers in Malaysia. The methodology used theoretical analysis and interviews of identified target groups in order to obtain the primary. The interim analysis demonstrates that the existing policies and legal framework in Malaysia are practising discriminatory treatment against migrant workers in terms of access to healthcare and social benefits. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13014/1/30274-92944-1-PB.pdf Muhammad Faliq Abd Razak, and Rohaida Nordin, (2018) The right to health: discriminatory treatment against migrant workers in Malaysia. Jurnal Undang-Undang dan Masyarakat, 23 . pp. 15-24. ISSN 1394-7729 http://ejournal.ukm.my/juum/issue/view/1163
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description	Due to globalization, migration has become a worldwide trend, and now poses a new challenge to countries that receive and send migrant workers. Many issues have arisen from this trend, especially in terms of the rights of the migrant workers. Malaysia is one those countries that receive migrant workers, with 6.7 million migrants working in Malaysia, comprises of both with legal and illegal status. Without a doubt, Malaysia is a receiving country which depends a lot on migrant workers in boosting her productivity, especially in the economic and development sectors. Migrant workers in Malaysia are required to be covered by a health insurance scheme, particularly for compensation in the event of an accident. The question is whether the right of migrant workers to access healthcare in Malaysia is protected adequately without burdening the government, particularly in terms of the cost? Has the practice in Malaysia fulfil the right to health of migrant workers? Therefore, this article aims at analysing the laws and related instruments governing the issue of right to health of migrant workers in Malaysia. The methodology used theoretical analysis and interviews of identified target groups in order to obtain the primary. The interim analysis demonstrates that the existing policies and legal framework in Malaysia are practising discriminatory treatment against migrant workers in terms of access to healthcare and social benefits.
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author	Muhammad Faliq Abd Razak, Rohaida Nordin,
spellingShingle	Muhammad Faliq Abd Razak, Rohaida Nordin, The right to health: discriminatory treatment against migrant workers in Malaysia
author_facet	Muhammad Faliq Abd Razak, Rohaida Nordin,
author_sort	Muhammad Faliq Abd Razak,
title	The right to health: discriminatory treatment against migrant workers in Malaysia
title_short	The right to health: discriminatory treatment against migrant workers in Malaysia
title_full	The right to health: discriminatory treatment against migrant workers in Malaysia
title_fullStr	The right to health: discriminatory treatment against migrant workers in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	The right to health: discriminatory treatment against migrant workers in Malaysia
title_sort	right to health: discriminatory treatment against migrant workers in malaysia
publisher	Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13014/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13014/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13014/1/30274-92944-1-PB.pdf
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The right to health: discriminatory treatment against migrant workers in Malaysia

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