Asean Lawmakers Seek to Protect Region’s Migrants

Chun Sakada,
VOA Khmer | Phnom Penh
Tuesday, 05 April 2011

A group of Asean lawmakers in Phnom Penh Tuesday passed a resolution to help protect migrant workers, including Cambodians who are increasingly reporting abuse in their jobs abroad.

Cambodian domestic laborers, especially those bound for Malaysia, have reported numerous abuses in recent months, underscoring the dangers in Cambodia’s efforts to ease unemployment through migration.

However, officials of the Asean Inter-Parliamentary Assembly say they will seek to protect the rights of migrant workers across the region, while improving their wages and working conditions.

“AIPA is concerned with the abuse, violence, discrimination as well as violation of human rights of migrant workers,” according to the resolution passed Tuesday, under the 32^nd General Assembly of the group.

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