KUALA LUMPUR: Stranded without work for months, hundreds of South Asian migrants in Malaysia say they are losing hope after failing to find jobs promised to them by recr
At a students' dormitory about 40 km from the capital, Kuala Lumpur, about 500 migrants – mostly young men from Nepal and Bangladesh who had arrived in Malaysia since December – spend their days in crowded rooms or at an open-air cafeteria.
It is unclear how the workers ended up without jobs despite arriving in Malaysia with employment contracts and promises that their temporary work visas would become permanent on arrival. Malaysia last month launched an investigation. Migrants form the backbone of Malaysia's export-reliant economy, making up about 15 per cent of the country's 15 million workforce. Malaysian companies have faced US bans in recent years over the use of forced labour.
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