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Prisoners in a Foreign Land: Migrant Workers in Jail

Through a study of the human rights concerns of migrants in jail and in detention in major
migrant destination countries in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East regions – the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Lebanon, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan and South Korea – the research shows
that human rights of migrants in jail and detention centers are routinely violated. The crisis
situation of migrants serves as the context that put them in a condition where their rights are
violated even before their deployment overseas and during the period of their employment.
Methodologies used in the research include surveys, interviews, focus group discussions and a
review of available published materials on the topic.
In the presentation of the general picture of migrant workers in host countries, the research
deals not only in the demographics of the migrant population. It also shows that majority
of the migrant workers in these countries are employed in sectors that are most vulnerable
to human and labour rights violations such as domestic work, the construction industry,
entertainment industry, and in manufacturing. More importantly, it shows that in host
countries, there either is a lack of protective laws and policies for migrant workers or there
exist pernicious laws that push migrant workers to the wall to the point of resorting to actions
that are considered criminal in host countries

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Series Title
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Call Number
331 Int P
Publisher
Hongkong : Asia pacific mission for migrants (APMM).,
Collation
88 hlm; 30,5 cm
Language
English
ISBN/ISSN
978-988-19440-5-4
Classification
331
Content Type
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Media Type
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Carrier Type
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Edition
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Subject(s)
Migrant Workers
Recommendations
Migrant detention
Specific Detail Info
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