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"Dont you know immigration law, Michelle" here is a thread
1. Msian Immigration law in its current law is widely & arbitrarily worded, provides the authorities with unfettered powers, caning people in breach of the law-inhumane & violates Malaysia's international obligations
1. Msian Immigration law in its current law is widely & arbitrarily worded, provides the authorities with unfettered powers, caning people in breach of the law-inhumane & violates Malaysia's international obligations
2 An example of a case that we worked on, the case of Mangal was a tragic one where a man who was not "illegal" was caned.
Later case found in his favour. (yes menang)
Had a chance to meet with Nepal's trade union.
We caused him irreversible pain https://m.malaysiakini.com/letters/36276
Later case found in his favour. (yes menang)
Had a chance to meet with Nepal's trade union.
We caused him irreversible pain https://m.malaysiakini.com/letters/36276
3. If you are not aware the Malaysian government & employers are the ones that continue to bring in migrant workers. They bring them in on an ad hoc basis, many are stranded thanks to Malaysian bosses who don't pay
We are the ones that ask them to come https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/02/18/bangladeshi-workers-malaysia-mou/
We are the ones that ask them to come https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/02/18/bangladeshi-workers-malaysia-mou/
4 How do they end up undocumented? Because the employers are the ones that don't renew their visas and permits and don't pay them for their work. They were ASKED to work here and then left behind.
People have been driven to suicide https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/without-work-fearing-arrest-undocumented-myanmar-migrants-malaysia-take-lives.html
People have been driven to suicide https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/without-work-fearing-arrest-undocumented-myanmar-migrants-malaysia-take-lives.html
5 The people you are thinking of who enter the country without documentation are often refugees who are fleeing persecution in their country, who do not have access to documents in the first place.
Further reading
https://www.unocha.org/rohingya-refugee-crisis
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/12/05/questions-and-answers-gambias-genocide-case-against-myanmar-international-court
Further reading
https://www.unocha.org/rohingya-refugee-crisis
https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/12/05/questions-and-answers-gambias-genocide-case-against-myanmar-international-court
6 if you are here on this thread and got that far and if you were actually wondering about what went down in the ICJ in the Gambia v Myanmar case here is a link to a briefing our organization did
(Michelle do you even know about immigration law
) https://www.icj.org/myanmar-legal-briefing-on-upcoming-hearing-on-provisional-measures-at-the-international-court-of-justice/
(Michelle do you even know about immigration law
) https://www.icj.org/myanmar-legal-briefing-on-upcoming-hearing-on-provisional-measures-at-the-international-court-of-justice/
7 so now the issue about cracking down and detaining migrant workers (some could be refugees) especially during COVID-19 is counterproductive & counterintuitive and inhumane.
Here the OHCHR also suggests alternatives to detention
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25900&LangID=E
Here the OHCHR also suggests alternatives to detention
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25900&LangID=E
8 Detention of migrant workers should be an exceptional measure; liberty and alternatives to
detention should always be considered first â i.e. detention should be a measure of
last resort. https://www.icrc.org/en/document/migrant-detainees-icrc-policy
detention should always be considered first â i.e. detention should be a measure of
last resort. https://www.icrc.org/en/document/migrant-detainees-icrc-policy
9 Malaysia not being a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention will lead to huge problematic conflations, deeming refugees as economic migrants, may be arrested, punished and even deported which is effectively a death sentence.
Aslam's piece is great
https://humanrightsinasean.info/news/why-malaysia-should-ratify-the-international-refugee-convention-aslam-abd-jalil/
Aslam's piece is great
https://humanrightsinasean.info/news/why-malaysia-should-ratify-the-international-refugee-convention-aslam-abd-jalil/
10 OK if you've made it to the end of this thread I really only had 9 things to say but to round it off here is a report done by @amnesty
Note: it's a 2010 report but a go to for me on the law till today, highlighting problematic laws and realities https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/ASA28/002/2010/en/
Note: it's a 2010 report but a go to for me on the law till today, highlighting problematic laws and realities https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/ASA28/002/2010/en/
11 and yes this is all from my actual work throughout the years, yall, penat je people asking me that question 
