Employment of refugees: a Malaysian perspective

It is an undeniable fact that, despite not being a Party to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Convention), Malaysia is exemplary in assisting refugees while they are waiting for the repatriation to their own country or resettle in a third country. However, the refugees rec...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib, Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali, Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	USA Passion Development Sdn Bhd 2018
Subjects:	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia KZ Law of Nations
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/68409/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68409/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68409/1/icelsi_7.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/68409/7/68409_Employment%20of%20refugees_scopus.pdf

id	iium-68409
recordtype	eprints
spelling	iium-684092019-07-16T01:15:13Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68409/ Employment of refugees: a Malaysian perspective Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan K Law (General) KPG Malaysia KZ Law of Nations It is an undeniable fact that, despite not being a Party to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Convention), Malaysia is exemplary in assisting refugees while they are waiting for the repatriation to their own country or resettle in a third country. However, the refugees recognised and registered in Malaysia with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) are not financially supported by any institution. Therefore, they have no choice but to engage in employments which are not legally permitted under the Malaysian law. This situation opens the door for numerous forms of exploitation. In fact, the existing refugees in the country can contribute as active work in the local workforce and thereby increasing the productivity and generate revenue for the government. It can also reduce the reliance of foreign workers in the local labour market. Nonetheless, the employment of refugees can be challenging to engage for the stakeholders if there is no efficient and proper legal framework to govern the human resources practices for this aspect as there is no legislation dealing with the employment of refugees in Malaysia. Accordingly, this paper aims at identifying some challenges of the employment of refugees in enhancing the Malaysian economic growth. It also explores whether developing a legal framework in order to allow and enforce the employment of refugees in Malaysia would be feasible. This study is primarily doctrinal and qualitative in nature. The paper significantly contribute to some of the key focus areas in the Eleventh Malaysia Plan (2016-2020) such as improving labour productivity in the local economy, generating revenue for the government and promote human rights. USA Passion Development Sdn Bhd 2018-09 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68409/1/icelsi_7.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68409/7/68409_Employment%20of%20refugees_scopus.pdf Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib and Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali and Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan (2018) Employment of refugees: a Malaysian perspective. In: The 1st International Conference of Education, Law & Social Issues (ICELSI 2018), 15th-16th September 2018, Kuala Lumpur. https://www.usapassionpublication.com/icelsi-2018.html
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	International Islamic University Malaysia
building	IIUM Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English English
topic	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia KZ Law of Nations
spellingShingle	K Law (General) KPG Malaysia KZ Law of Nations Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan Employment of refugees: a Malaysian perspective
description	It is an undeniable fact that, despite not being a Party to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 Convention), Malaysia is exemplary in assisting refugees while they are waiting for the repatriation to their own country or resettle in a third country. However, the refugees recognised and registered in Malaysia with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) are not financially supported by any institution. Therefore, they have no choice but to engage in employments which are not legally permitted under the Malaysian law. This situation opens the door for numerous forms of exploitation. In fact, the existing refugees in the country can contribute as active work in the local workforce and thereby increasing the productivity and generate revenue for the government. It can also reduce the reliance of foreign workers in the local labour market. Nonetheless, the employment of refugees can be challenging to engage for the stakeholders if there is no efficient and proper legal framework to govern the human resources practices for this aspect as there is no legislation dealing with the employment of refugees in Malaysia. Accordingly, this paper aims at identifying some challenges of the employment of refugees in enhancing the Malaysian economic growth. It also explores whether developing a legal framework in order to allow and enforce the employment of refugees in Malaysia would be feasible. This study is primarily doctrinal and qualitative in nature. The paper significantly contribute to some of the key focus areas in the Eleventh Malaysia Plan (2016-2020) such as improving labour productivity in the local economy, generating revenue for the government and promote human rights.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan
author_facet	Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib Ali Mohamed, Ashgar Ali Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan
author_sort	Ishan Jan, Mohammad Naqib
title	Employment of refugees: a Malaysian perspective
title_short	Employment of refugees: a Malaysian perspective
title_full	Employment of refugees: a Malaysian perspective
title_fullStr	Employment of refugees: a Malaysian perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Employment of refugees: a Malaysian perspective
title_sort	employment of refugees: a malaysian perspective
publisher	USA Passion Development Sdn Bhd
publishDate	2018
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/68409/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68409/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/68409/1/icelsi_7.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/68409/7/68409_Employment%20of%20refugees_scopus.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T21:37:05Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T21:37:05Z
_version_	1777412893075046400

Employment of refugees: a Malaysian perspective

Similar Items