Covid 19 Neglecting Migrant Workers May Backfire Think Tank Study Shows




CORONAVIRUS | Going beyond human rights argument for the protection of migrant workers, the latest study by local think-tank Khazanah Research Institute (KRI) has suggested that there are also practical aspects to ensuring their welfare
As the world wages war against Covid-19, KRI argued that failure to protect migrant workers would have an impact on public health and the economy, as already seen in neighbouring Singapore
"Neglecting the basic healthcare needs of any human is a perfect incubator for a wider community spread
"It risks straining the public healthcare system and lengthening lockdowns that hurt firms and workers," noted the three researchers - Tan Theng Theng, Nazihah Muhamad Noor and Jarud Romadan Khalidi - in the conclusion of their discussion paper titled "Covid-19: We Must Protect Foreign Workers"
"Similarly, if we fail to protect foreign workers’ livelihood, we are essentially putting our businesses and economy on the verge of closures and collapse
"Therefore, as we learn from the experience of Singapore, it is important that we re-examine our priorities in the battle against the pandemic," they noted
Citing official government statistics and findings from its past related studies, KRI concluded that the Malaysian economy has created an expanding demand for low and semi-skilled workers which has not been sufficiently supplied by the native local workforce
Between 2010 and 2019, KRI said the number of Malaysians in the labour force with tertiary education increased the most by 1.8 million, followed by those with secondary education at 1.7 million
However, those with primary and no formal education decreased by almost 450,000
The employment of foreign workers was therefore partly a solution to the labour market mismatch, it said in addressing claims of foreigners "stealing" opportunities from locals and suppressing wages
"On an aggregate level, the presence of foreign workers had a marginally positive impact on native’s employment and wages," it further said
Given the reliance on foreign workers in certain economic sectors, KRI said inadequate support to preserve the employer-foreign employee relationships would risk a loss of nearly 50 percent of overall low-skilled workers, particularly in the agriculture, construction and manufacturing sectors
To counter the problem, the institute said it is crucial that Malaysia moves from detention to a treatment model of controlling infection among migrant workers
This includes the government to convince a larger number of undocumented migrants to come forward for screening or treatment, without fear of arrests and deportation
"In an unprecedented crisis like this, protecting our businesses could mean a radical move to legalise all undocumented workers and include them under any job retention measures for all foreign workers," KRI said
In the earlier conditional movement control order phase, Master Builders Association of Malaysia president Foo Chek Lee said the construction sector is expected to face a labour shortage with an industry estimate of only 450,000 of its one million workers were "registered legal workers". Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob had repeatedly defended the crackdown against undocumented migrants, despite an initial reassurance from the government that they would only be tested as part of efforts to contain the Covid-19 outbreak
A recent Covid-19 outbreak at four Immigration depots eventually prompted the government to push for mass deportation of the detainees.  - Mkini

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