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High Barriers To Document Migrant Workers

Khor Yu Leng, Economist, Segi Enam Advisors

01-Dec-20 07:47

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The government has introduced an Undocumented Migrant Worker Recalibration Programme to get employers to register undocumented workers. Take-up, however, has been slow. Khor Yu Leng, an economist at Segi Enam Advisors, discusses the obstacles.

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Produced by: Shazana Mokhtar

Presented by: Lyn Mak, Noelle Lim, Roshan Kanesan


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Tags:  undocumented migrant worker recalibration programme,  migrant workers,  labour,  shortage,  legalization,  Government/Regulatory/Policy Making,  Economy, Markets,  Politics, News, Current Affairs


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