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NeoLiberalism and the Challenges of Managing Labour Migration in Urban Malaysia
Author(s) -
Tedong Peter Aning,
Kadir Abdul Rahim Abdul,
Roslan Kazimah,
Lumayag Linda A.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international migration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.681
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1468-2435
pISSN - 0020-7985
DOI - 10.1111/imig.12437
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , work (physics) , neoliberalism (international relations) , human migration , migrant workers , politics , enforcement , economic growth , economic interventionism , business , state (computer science) , development economics , political science , population , economics , political economy , sociology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , demography , law , engineering , algorithm , computer science
Labour migration into Malaysia has increased rapidly in recent decades and this has affected Malaysia's government policy in managing migrants’ movement. Interestingly, Malaysia has attracted a high degree of unskilled labour, accompanied by unabated rise of undocumented migrant workers. Mitigating undocumented migration is the main aim of Malaysia's labour migration policy and therefore the focus of Malaysian government. This has impacted on how enforcement agencies work out strategies. These agencies are the forefront of Malaysia's labour migration policy but they faced a number of challenges, such as documentation, finance and manpower capability, and political intervention, which impede their ability to optimize their capabilities in enforcing the Malaysian government labour migration policy. Resolving these challenges and moving towards a long‐term labour migration policy will benefit the Malaysian state, its citizens and the labour migrants.